Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for underfed
Adjective
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Programs that have been Mr. Gates’s priorities for decades were wiped out: vaccine research for malaria; deliveries of therapeutic food packets developed by the foundation to malnourished children; and African programs to deliver H.I.V. prevention technologies that the foundation helped invent.—
Theodore Schleifer,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025 -
Listen to this article Three children, the youngest just 10 months old, were found malnourished in deplorable living conditions inside a Brooklyn home — with one tied to a bed with a piece of fabric, cops said Wednesday.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Smith said the skin can undergo further harm, as many are often undernourished thanks to the decrease in appetite from the drugs.—
Emily Burns,
Footwear News,
7 May 2025
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Cosmo is largely wasted in a rote cranky-but-loyal part that adds little to the undernourished whole.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Underfed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underfed. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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