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
Diagnosis and treatment Diagnosis of type 5 diabetes involves assessing a history of malnutrition, low BMI and age under 30 at diagnosis, according to Hockings.
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Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Aid would be permitted to enter Gaza in much greater amounts as soon as the deal was accepted, easing a humanitarian catastrophe where many people are suffering from malnutrition or outright starvation.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 29 Sep. 2025
Evidence suggests that malnutrition in early development harms the ability of the pancreas to pump out insulin.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
In February 2024, Donald W. Maier, 62, died of probable dehydration and malnutrition a week after staff began periodically switching off the water to prevent him from flooding his cell.
—Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Aid would be permitted to enter Gaza in much greater amounts as soon as the deal was accepted, easing a humanitarian catastrophe where many people are suffering from malnutrition or outright starvation.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 29 Sep. 2025
Evidence suggests that malnutrition in early development harms the ability of the pancreas to pump out insulin.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
In February 2024, Donald W. Maier, 62, died of probable dehydration and malnutrition a week after staff began periodically switching off the water to prevent him from flooding his cell.
—Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malnutrition
starvation
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After more than 700 days of war, 455 Palestinians have died of malnutrition or starvation, including 151 children, the health ministry in Gaza reported on October 1.—
Soph Warnes,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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Not from deliberate starvation, but from scarcity.—
Eli Sharabi,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Malnutrition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malnutrition. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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