UNDERSIZED Synonyms

• a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness

• very small

• a person who is markedly small

• a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure

• a plant or animal that is atypically small

• make appear small by comparison

• check the growth of

• tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput

• a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift

• a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)

• very small

• (informal) small and of little importance

• limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

• (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some

• low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal

• a small amount or duration

• not much

• (of children and animals) young, immature

• (informal) small and of little importance

• (of a voice) faint

• lowercase

• small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)

• of or relating to or used in microscopy

• visible under a microscope; using a microscope

• extremely precise with great attention to details

• so small as to be invisible without a microscope

• used of women's clothing; very short with hemline above the knee

• a very short skirt

• of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries

• the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case

• a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts

• lowercase

• extremely small

• a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour

• an indefinitely short time

• a particular point in time

• a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree

• a short note

• distance measured by the time taken to cover it

• infinitely or immeasurably small

• characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination

• a garment size for short or slender women

• very small

• well below average height

• relatively moderate, limited, or small

• small enough to be carried in a garment pocket

• inferior in strength or significance

• (used especially of persons) of inferior size

• well below average height

• (used especially of persons) of inferior size

• primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

• (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length

• low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal

• (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range

• not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices

• of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration

• the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

• accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

• clean across

• without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold

• at some point or distance before a goal is reached

• so as to interrupt

• at a disadvantage

• in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner

• quickly and without warning

• of insufficient quantity to meet a need

• less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

• lacking foresight or scope

• tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening

• marked by rude or peremptory shortness

• cheat someone by not returning him enough money

• create a short circuit in

• (used especially of persons) of inferior size

• limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

• the slender part of the back

• a garment size for a small person

• on a small scale

• relatively moderate, limited, or small

• (of children and animals) young, immature

• slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope

• low or inferior in station or quality

• lowercase

• (of a voice) faint

• have fine or very small constituent particles

• not large but sufficient in size or amount

• made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)

• inferior in size or quality

• very small

• smaller than normal for its kind