malnourished
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ɪʃt, -ˈnʌr- adjective
poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
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| —adj | |
| undernourished | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
malnourished
1928, from mal- "bad, badly" (see mal-) + nourished. First record of malnutrition is from 1862.
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Medical Dictionary
malnourished mal·nour·ished (māl-nûr'ĭsht, -nŭr'-)
adj.
Affected by improper nutrition or an insufficient diet.
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Example sentences
These lines can occur after illness, injury to the nail, and when you are malnourished.
Zimbabweans are severely malnourished, and deaths from starvation occur even in the cities.
More than half the world's people were malnourished.
But everyone had shoes, and nobody looked malnourished.
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