undernourish
Britishverb
Other Word Forms
- undernourishment noun
Example Sentences
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And as for my hatred of those teachers who overinstruct but undernourish, yelling "digression!" in Oral Expression every time a student gets interesting, the romantic critiques of Kozol and Herndon have left me winded.
From Time Magazine Archive
Burns, of course, wields great independent power over the nation's money supply; last week he reaffirmed his determination, despite Administration criticism, to throttle back money growth in order to "undernourish" inflation.
From Time Magazine Archive
The board of late has been trying gradually to reduce the rate of growth in money supply in order to "undernourish" inflation, as Burns once put it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Them the only reasons you can think of? she ast Well, sometime it might be a case of being undernourish, I say.
From "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker
Well, sometime it might be a case of being undernourish, I say.
From "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker
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