Synonyms of malnourished

malnourished

adjective

as in starving

not eating enough food or not eating enough healthy food; poorly nourished

The malnourished children were slowly nursed back to health.

Related Words

• starving
• starved
• undernourished
• underfed
• hungry
• famished
• peckish
• empty

Dissimilar Words

• satisfied
• content
• full
• stuffed
• overfed
• satiated
• glutted
• sated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of malnourished

Zoo announces third death, a sloth named Dumpling So far, three of 13 malnourished sloths have not survived after they were taken in by Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens in Sanford, about 25 miles from Orlando. — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 6 May 2026

Clinics treating malnourished children in Somalia have had to cut rations, with almost 500,000 children under five in the country facing severe acute malnutrition, Reuters reported. — semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026

Moody was found dead, covered in scars and severely malnourished in her aunt’s east Charlotte home last year. — Ryan Oehrli april 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026

He was found weak and malnourished in the mountains of Ventura County — weighing only 17 pounds. — Staff Report, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026