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View synonyms for malnourished

malnourished

[ mal-nur-isht, -nuhr- ]

adjective

  1. poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition:

    thin, malnourished victims of the famine.



malnourished

/ mælˈnʌrɪʃt /

adjective

  1. undernourished


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Word History and Origins

Origin of malnourished1

First recorded in 1925–30; mal- + nourish + -ed 2

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Example Sentences

Morris searched for whatever strength was left in his malnourished body.

“He was undernourished, not necessarily malnourished,” she said.

These institutions are not habitable; children are malnourished and in some cases starving and emaciated.

The doctor at the American Medical Center told us that Alex was malnourished.

But Middleton is neither malnourished nor an Ironwoman competitor.

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