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
Doctors are preparing for the possibility that hostages returning to Israel could be suffering from malnutrition and will require careful reintroduction of food.
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Nbc News, NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
Globally, for children 5 to 14, iron deficiency was the leading risk, followed by others related to unsafe water, sanitation, and hygiene and malnutrition.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Belliveau added that MedGlobal currently has a few trucks sitting at the border loaded with medicines and therapeutic food for those suffering from malnutrition.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
Internal displacement, malnutrition, and disease are widespread, with nearly 95 percent of the population forced from their homes and most health facilities damaged or nonfunctional.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
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Nbc News, NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
Globally, for children 5 to 14, iron deficiency was the leading risk, followed by others related to unsafe water, sanitation, and hygiene and malnutrition.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Belliveau added that MedGlobal currently has a few trucks sitting at the border loaded with medicines and therapeutic food for those suffering from malnutrition.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
Internal displacement, malnutrition, and disease are widespread, with nearly 95 percent of the population forced from their homes and most health facilities damaged or nonfunctional.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malnutrition
starvation
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If that point never arrives, then starvation enters a terminal stage—one that scientists have seldom documented in humans.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
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During eighteen months in 1896 and 1897, more than 225,000 reconcentrados died from disease and starvation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Malnutrition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malnutrition. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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