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
Crohn’s Disease affects the entire digestive system, and symptoms may include diarrhea, abdominal pain, and weight loss, as well as malnutrition and mouth sores.
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Lindy Segal, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
As a result, Germany's civilian population faced severe food shortages and widespread malnutrition in the latter years of the war.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
The number of people with severe acute malnutrition, the most dangerous and deadly kind, is expected to increase to 800,000, the world’s foremost experts on food security, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, said in February.
—Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
The number of people with severe acute malnutrition, the most dangerous and deadly kind, is expected to increase to 800,000, the world's foremost experts on food security, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, said in February.
—ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
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Lindy Segal, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
As a result, Germany's civilian population faced severe food shortages and widespread malnutrition in the latter years of the war.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
The number of people with severe acute malnutrition, the most dangerous and deadly kind, is expected to increase to 800,000, the world’s foremost experts on food security, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, said in February.
—Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
The number of people with severe acute malnutrition, the most dangerous and deadly kind, is expected to increase to 800,000, the world's foremost experts on food security, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, said in February.
—ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malnutrition
starvation
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Reports that dozens of people had died, including some of apparent starvation, made no difference.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Within the next few years, as famine spread throughout China and the Cultural Revolution began, her grandmother and three of her brothers died of starvation, tuberculosis, and drowning.—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Malnutrition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malnutrition. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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