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malnourished

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of malnourished

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

The malnourished children were slowly nursed back to health.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of malnourished

underfed, undernourished

empty, famished, hungry, peckish [chiefly British], starved, starving

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of malnourished

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

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