Underfed

//ˌʌndəɹˈfɛd//

Synonyms for "underfed" (57 found)

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Closest matches (12)

undernourished attenuated bare handed bare-handed beggarly cadaverous corpselike emacerated emaciate emaciated empty handed empty-handed

Strong matches (17)

famished haggard half-starved hollow eyed hollow-eyed ill off ill-equipped ill-furnished ill-off ill-provided impoverished jejune malnourished marantic marasmic

Adjective(1 words)

ill-fed

Adjective(1 words)

malnourished

Related words (28)

meagre on short commons pauperized peaked peaky pinched poor puny shorthanded shriveled skeletal starved starveling starving tabetic tabid thin undermanned unfed unprovided

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unreplenished unsupplied wasted weazeny withered wizened wraithlike

Adjective(1 words)

undernourished

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6 relation types

Synonyms

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undernourished

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unfed

derived from

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fed

form of

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underfeed

related to

2 entries

fed underfeed

similar

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malnourished

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He's not underfed.

Source: tatoeba (12606038)

[B]ut greater Bombay almost doubles the number of overworked, underhoused and underfed citizens.

Source: wiktionary

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