verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition. transitive

   "But of course it is we who are letting them down, we whose overconsumption is malnourishing the world."

2. 2
   provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

undernourishundernourish

Example

More examples

"But of course it is we who are letting them down, we whose overconsumption is malnourishing the world."

Etymology

From mal- + nourish.

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