different between skinny vs underweight

English

Etymology

Skin +? -y. The meaning associated with lack of fat or muscle possibly derives from the phrase skin and bones; the meaning associated with nudity refers to the exposed skin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sk?ni/
• Rhymes: -?ni

Adjective

skinny (comparative skinnier, superlative skinniest)

1. (informal) thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).

2. (informal, of food or beverages) Having reduced fat or calories.
3. Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
4. (of clothing) tight-fitting

   skinny jeans

5. (golf) Synonym of thin (“type of shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head”)

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:scrawny

Antonyms

• See also Thesaurus:obese

Translations

Noun

skinny (plural skinnies)

1. (colloquial) The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.

   She called to get the skinny on the latest goings-on in the club.

2. A state of nakedness; nudity.
3. (informal) A low-fat serving of coffee.
4. (nonstandard) A skinny being.

Translations

Verb

skinny (third-person singular simple present skinnies, present participle skinnying, simple past and past participle skinnied)

1. (transitive) To reduce or cut down.
   • 1982, Ward's Auto World (volume 18, issues 1-6, page 65)

     Like an accordion at a country wedding producing sweet-and-sour notes, some importers are expanding their U.S. retail automotive operations while others are skinnying down.

   • 1996, Kevin Dowd, Getting Connected: The Internet at 56K and Up (page 25)

     By the end of the chapter, we will have (hopefully) skinnied the list of contenders further (perhaps there will be none left).

   • 2001, Bankruptcy Court Decisions (volume 38, page A-7)

     Said one judge: "What is [Chapter 22] other than the process of skinnying the company down? Are there some inefficiencies in that? If so, they can be absorbed by the economy and the country."

English

Etymology

under- +? weight.

Adjective

underweight (comparative more underweight, superlative most underweight)

1. Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight.

   He's so underweight he's had to buy smaller clothes.

   He's thirty pounds underweight.

   The market trader was fined for selling underweight bags of fruit.

2. Not too heavy for an intended purpose.

   The suitcase is just slightly underweight; I'll let it on the plane.

3. (finance) Being less invested in a particular area than market wisdom suggests.

   The fund is underweight in mining.

   • 2011, Murdoch, S. Foreigners back for Aussie stocks, The Australian

     "It's a long-run trend of foreign investors -- typically being underweight the banking sector in Australia," Mr Baker said.

Antonyms

• (of low weight): overweight
• (not too heavy): overweight

Translations

Noun

underweight (countable and uncountable, plural underweights)

1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being underweight.
   • 1996, United States Institute of Medicine Committee on Scientific Evaluation of WIC Nutrition Risk Criteria, WIC Nutrition Risk Criteria: A Scientific Assessment, National Academies Press, ?ISBN, page 110,

     Underweight reflects the body’s thinness, but the term does not necessarily imply the nature and causes of underweight.

2. (countable) An underweight person.
3. (countable, finance) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Antonyms

• (state or quality): overweight
• (underweight person): overweight

Translations

Verb

underweight (third-person singular simple present underweights, present participle underweighting, simple past and past participle underweighted)

1. (transitive) To underestimate the weight of.
2. (transitive) To give insufficient weight to (a consideration); to underestimate the importance of.