Tiny
Tiny adjective - Very small in size.
Usage example: the forest ranger showed us how every square foot of forest is alive with tiny creatures
Undersized is a synonym for tiny. In some cases you can use "Undersized" instead an adjective "Tiny".
Undersized
Undersized adjective - Of a size that is less than average.
Usage example: though a football all-star in high school, he was just a mediocre, undersized player at the college level
Tiny is a synonym for undersized in size topic. You can use "Tiny" instead an adjective "Undersized", if it concerns topics such as small, little, underdeveloped.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- In Clifford the Big Red Dog, Clifford is born tiny, but he grows to the size of a house in compliance with his owner Emily Elizabeth's concerned wish for her undersized pet.
Source: Gigantic Adults, Tiny Babies -
Napoleon was actually around average height for a Frenchman of his time period, and would hardly be considered tiny nowadays, but soldiers tended to be larger and burlier than the average man for obvious reasons, causing him to look fairly undersized around his fellow soldiers.
Source: Mister Big
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