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🙂 Not overweight 🙂 A healthy-weight person
non-obese

non-obese

4.3
A person with a body weight that is not very high, often in the normal or slightly high range
  • noun
  • /nɒn oʊˈbiːs/
  • Specialized
: no obeso
  • Researchers selected only non-obese participants for the control group.

Examples

  • The study compared metabolic rates between non-obese and obese individuals.

  • Doctors recommend different treatments for non-obese patients with diabetes.

  • The non-obese participants were quite active.

  • Many non-obese participants reported better overall health.

  • The study compared metabolic rates between non-obese and obese individuals.

  • Researchers selected only non-obese participants for the control group.

  • Many non-obese individuals report feeling more energetic and healthy.

Antonyms

obese
96 3.8

Having too much body fat that can cause health problems

How Obese

obese
96 3.8
overweight
142 2.2
non-obese
  • Specialized
4.3
underweight
8 3.1

Surface Forms

non-obese singular
non-obeses plural

Morphology

non-obese = obese (transparent) = non + obese

The meaning is directly compositional: 'non-' simply negates 'obese'.

Etymology

Non-obese as a noun names a person who is 'not obese', a term often used in medicine and research to mean someone whose weight is not in the obese range.