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

Essence Gill-Harris died on March 3 from acute and chronic neglect, including malnutrition and dehydration, according to the city Medical Examiner. — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

But the rest of the world is not just where the needs are greatest—from acute childhood malnutrition to violence against women—but where the gains from philanthropy can be greatest. — David Miliband, Time, 19 Oct. 2026

About 500,000 children in Yemen under the age of 5 suffer from severe acute malnutrition, according to the group. — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

In northern Gaza, children died from malnutrition and dehydration. — Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026