Definitions
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- adjective Smaller than
normal ,undersized . - adjective Smaller than appropriate, expected or sufficient.
- adjective Small enough to fit through a screen.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective smaller than normal for its kind
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Examples
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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.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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He denied that the commercial boats catch undersize fish.
Anglers Are in Dire Straits Along Istanbul's Bosphorus Marc Champion 2011
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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.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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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.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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After [finding] that four of the five red drum [the anglers] had were undersize, [an officer] tried to get information ....
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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.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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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.
Lee Crockett: Overfishing 101: Creative Ways to Protect Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Lee Crockett 2011
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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.
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At 6 feet 1, Worilds was undersize even for a college defensive lineman, but he is a gifted athlete with pure strength and speed.
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"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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