Synonyms of malnutrition

malnutrition

noun

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

Related Words

• starvation
• hunger
• famine
• undernourishment
• stomach
• rapacity
• munchies
• emptiness
• voracity
• craving
• appetite
• famishment
• ravenousness
• sweet tooth
• rapaciousness
• belly
• voraciousness
• hunger strike
• fast
• greed
• gluttony
• gourmandism
• hoggishness

Dissimilar Words

• satisfaction
• fullness
• glut
• satiety
• satiation
• surfeit
• repletion
• fill
• repleteness
• inappetence

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of malnutrition

The growing pressure on food systems has already impacted the charity’s ability to treat child malnutrition. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026

Kikuko’s mother died of malnutrition soon after the war ended. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

If it’s not managed or treated, the disease can cause malnutrition, osteoporosis, and even increase the chance of digestive cancers over time. — Elliott Harrell, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2026

In September, Gaza health officials attributed four hundred and forty deaths to malnutrition, including those of a hundred and forty-seven children. — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026