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undernutrition
[ uhn-der-noo-trish-uhn, -nyoo- ]
noun
- nutritional deficiency resulting from lack of food or from the inability of the body to convert or absorb it.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of undernutrition1
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Example Sentences
“One-third of South Asians and more than half of all Sub-Saharan Africans suffer from malnutrition or undernutrition,” he writes.
From The Daily Beast
With such knowledge, we may alter our diet very greatly without danger of undernutrition.
From Project Gutenberg
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