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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underfed
Adjective
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Undernutrition deaths happen ‘almost every month’ Hassan Abubakar Bukar, a nutrition counsellor in Borno, told CNN that malnourished children are a painfully common sight.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
21 Sep. 2025 -
Homeowners in Godley's Star Ranch subdivision told NBC DFW that the animals, often seen roaming near new housing developments, appear malnourished and at risk of disease.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Factors like immune health and body fat play a role; if someone is already undernourished, their health will deteriorate quickly, after a few days without food.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
31 July 2025
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Sticking with the example of hunger, the UN’s target number 2 out of 17, the inception of the Sustainable Development Goals came at a time when progress on the topic was good and only 552 million people in the world were estimated to be undernourished in 2014, down from 789 million in 2005.—
Katharina Buchholz,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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“Underfed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underfed. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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