undersize

IPA: ˈʌndɝsaɪz

adjective

  • Smaller than normal, undersized.
  • Smaller than appropriate, expected or sufficient.
  • Small enough to fit through a screen.
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Examples of "undersize" in Sentences

  • He denied that the commercial boats catch undersize fish.
  • After [finding] that four of the five red drum [the anglers] had were undersize, [an officer] tried to get information ....
  • At 6 feet 1, Worilds was undersize even for a college defensive lineman, but he is a gifted athlete with pure strength and speed.
  • Grimm is undersize and perhaps a step slow to play in the secondary, but he has heard those knocks in the past and has always defied expectations.
  • Onboard research indicates extremely low rates of unintended catch, and almost all undersize swordfish are released alive because the fishermen actively watch for bites and quickly release "short" fish.
  • She was sure the metal had distorted her image into the fun-house creature she saw staring back at her, that oversize girl in the undersize dress—a baby face, yes, but with eyes full of dark understanding.
  • "It's kind of like sculpting almost, except the piece is already in the block," he explained as he worked away, using a microscope and glasses with magnifying lenses, on the undersize head of an Ankylosaur, a small-brained, armored dinosaur about 25 feet long (even though this specimen was a relatively diminutive 15 feet) that lived in Mongolia about 70 million years ago.

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