as in starving
not eating enough food or not eating enough healthy food; poorly nourished
The malnourished children were slowly nursed back to health.
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Recent Examples of malnourished
Ivy’s twin sister, also inside the apartment, was malnourished and unresponsive when police arrived.
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Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
Thousands of children have become malnourished, and most people are barely eating one meal a day as stocks dwindle, the United Nations says.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
But the cub was severely dehydrated and malnourished, the person who rescued him said.
—Brooke Baitinger, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
Kennedy has also said that, in addition to vaccines, the CDC has sent vitamin A to help manage the outbreak, as it has been shown to ease symptoms in those who are malnourished and deficient in the vitamin.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025
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Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
Thousands of children have become malnourished, and most people are barely eating one meal a day as stocks dwindle, the United Nations says.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
But the cub was severely dehydrated and malnourished, the person who rescued him said.
—Brooke Baitinger, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
Kennedy has also said that, in addition to vaccines, the CDC has sent vitamin A to help manage the outbreak, as it has been shown to ease symptoms in those who are malnourished and deficient in the vitamin.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malnourished
Adjective
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Smith said the skin can undergo further harm, as many are often undernourished thanks to the decrease in appetite from the drugs.—
Emily Burns,
Footwear News,
7 May 2025
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Cosmo is largely wasted in a rote cranky-but-loyal part that adds little to the undernourished whole.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The result is a record which captures Motörhead in their formative period, fresh from the early lineup which recorded the tracks that would later make up 1979’s On Parole album, yet hungry with the ambition that would turn them into one of the U.K.’s biggest heavy exports of the ’70s and ’80s.—
Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
9 May 2025
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Remember the body blow of injustice, and don’t get mad — get hungry.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
9 May 2025
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“Malnourished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malnourished. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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