Malnourished

adj, verb

adj, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of malnourish form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Suffering from malnutrition.

    "Thus, leucine is already being seen as a pharmaconutrient of great relevance for the supplementary feeding of malnourished and frail elderly and for specific subpopulations."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not being provided with adequate nourishment wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
undernourishedfoodlessmalnutritionedstarvingunderfedunderfed

Example

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"Girls are more likely than boys to be malnourished, suffer poverty, face violence and be refused an education, according to a new report."

Etymology

From mal- + nourished.

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