as in starvation
the unhealthy condition that results from not eating enough food or not eating enough healthy food; poor nutrition
a program to help poor children suffering from malnutrition
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Recent Examples of malnutrition
Collectively, our organizations have decades of experience working to address child malnutrition, global poverty, and humanitarian crises.
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Reem Alabali Radovan, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
Winter cold and rains as well as malnutrition are still killing people in Gaza, despite the ceasefire being in its fourth month.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
Virginia Marie Gonzales, 33, pleaded guilty to felony injury to a child on Thursday, less than a year after the discovery of her child’s malnutrition and neglect.
—Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026
Public health experts, including Atul Gawande of Harvard’s School of Public Health, already estimate hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition since early 2025.
—Sylvana Quader Sinha, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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Reem Alabali Radovan, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
Winter cold and rains as well as malnutrition are still killing people in Gaza, despite the ceasefire being in its fourth month.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
Virginia Marie Gonzales, 33, pleaded guilty to felony injury to a child on Thursday, less than a year after the discovery of her child’s malnutrition and neglect.
—Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026
Public health experts, including Atul Gawande of Harvard’s School of Public Health, already estimate hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition since early 2025.
—Sylvana Quader Sinha, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malnutrition
starvation
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But perhaps that’s part of James’ point — that body expectations for women are so unrealistic that many, like Hana, are driven to starvation and self-loathing.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Feb. 2026
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In November, a medical examiner ruled Mimi's cause of death as fatal child abuse with starvation and the manner of death as homicide, NBC Connecticut reported.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Malnutrition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malnutrition. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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