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

Her two younger siblings, then ages 6 and 7, were also taken for emergency medical treatment and spent three weeks in the hospital recovering from severe malnutrition. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026

The figure was later clarified as referring to an 11-month projection involving children at risk of severe malnutrition. — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Researchers haven’t nailed down whether older people are more likely to be malnourished than in the past, but some policy changes may have made doctors more likely to note malnutrition on death certificates. — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 9 Aug. 2026

Families endure severe conditions, including extreme heat, widespread destruction of water and sanitation infrastructure, acute malnutrition, and disease. — Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026