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 of undernourished
The 1995–97 famine killed more than one million North Koreans and created an undernourished generation wracked by cognitive disabilities.
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Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2010
What’s happening within those impeccable compositions, however, feels like its suffering from an overabundance of business and undernourished storytelling.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025
And the benefits would accrue in some surprising places—some 2 million children live in poverty and are undernourished in her home state of California, according to Saxon.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Mar. 2014
Disney has operated an undernourished subscription streaming service, ESPN+, for some years, and has committed to launching a full online app version of ESPN later this year, likely before the football season starts in August.
—David Bloom, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2010
What’s happening within those impeccable compositions, however, feels like its suffering from an overabundance of business and undernourished storytelling.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025
And the benefits would accrue in some surprising places—some 2 million children live in poverty and are undernourished in her home state of California, according to Saxon.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Mar. 2014
Disney has operated an undernourished subscription streaming service, ESPN+, for some years, and has committed to launching a full online app version of ESPN later this year, likely before the football season starts in August.
—David Bloom, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undernourished
Adjective
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Weinstein often looked haggard and out of it — unshaven, mouth ajar, eyes bleary.—
Phoebe Eaton,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2025
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The scene makes Perkins crack up — Death looks tired and haggard, his job is never done (especially this week), and while the father-son may have escaped this round, their paths will cross in some unknowable way in the future.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The 32-year-old man recently freed from a Waterbury home was reportedly found malnourished after being withdrawn from school at age 11 and then reportedly held captive for decades.—
Kaitlin McCallum,
Hartford Courant,
13 May 2025
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Hospitals have reported that cases of malnourished pregnant and breastfeeding women are rising sharply, and most newborns are now being born underweight.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2025
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While Paul is still remarkably good for someone at his experience level, the novelty of his act has been wearing thin.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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And was there ever, complete with Angus Young, knobby knees and thin ankles, scampering, duck-walking and hopping from place to place.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
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“Undernourished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undernourished. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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