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 free meals program aims to combat malnutrition and reduce childhood stunting by providing meals to nearly 90 million students, toddlers and pregnant women. — ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026

The program, which is expected to cost about $28 billion through 2029, works to fight malnutrition and reduce childhood stunting by providing meals to millions across the country, according to the AP. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026

Even before the floods, malnutrition, child wasting and anaemia rates were high in Nepal, with one in four children nationwide affected by stunting. — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

Mandating malnutrition reporting could increase the need for dietitians in already understaffed hospitals, or create overwhelming caseloads that could endanger patients and heighten the risk of RD burnout. — Lauren Chan, STAT, 1 Sep. 2026