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
Additionally, about 58,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women in Gaza are suffering from acute malnutrition, according to estimates from the World Food Programme (WFP).
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2025
Despite medical treatment, the boy suffered permanent neurological damage as a result of severe malnutrition, leaving him blind and unable to walk, talk or eat on his own.
—Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
Disease and malnutrition have spread as the medical infrastructure has collapsed.
—Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
The commission says that while the Global North must cut back sharply, parts of the Global South may need to increase animal protein intake to address malnutrition – though not to the levels seen in wealthy countries.
—Bloomberg News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2025
Despite medical treatment, the boy suffered permanent neurological damage as a result of severe malnutrition, leaving him blind and unable to walk, talk or eat on his own.
—Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
Disease and malnutrition have spread as the medical infrastructure has collapsed.
—Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
The commission says that while the Global North must cut back sharply, parts of the Global South may need to increase animal protein intake to address malnutrition – though not to the levels seen in wealthy countries.
—Bloomberg News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malnutrition
starvation
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Over the past few decades, this simple product has helped to bring millions of children back from the brink of starvation.—
Rebecca Wright,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Zinna died of thirst and starvation, but the day would never be determined.—
Joy Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Malnutrition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malnutrition. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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