malnourished

[ mal-nur-isht, -nuhr- ]
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adjective
  1. poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.

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Origin of malnourished

1
First recorded in 1925–30; mal- + nourish + -ed2

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British Dictionary definitions for malnourished

malnourished

/ (mælˈnʌrɪʃt) /


adjective
  1. undernourished

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