UNDERNOURISHED Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

undernourished

adjective

Definition of undernourished next

as in haggard

not getting enough food or not getting enough healthy food for good health and growth undernourished children

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Recent Examples on the Web Hundreds of millions of children are malnourished or undernourished — harming their ability to survive, thrive and reach their full potential. —

Unicef Usa, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024 Pissarro’s own painting from the eighteen-seventies can sometimes look undernourished, drained of even the most conventional pictorial drama. —

Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023 The undernourished population reached 800 million during the global recession in the early 2000s. —

Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Jan. 2023 But her chest voice sometimes sounded undernourished, and transitions between registers weren’t always clean. —

Dallas News, 4 Apr. 2022 See all Example Sentences for undernourished

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