undernourished
[uhn-der-nur-isht, -nuhr-]
- not nourished with sufficient or proper food to maintain or promote health or normal growth.
- not given essential elements for proper development: emotionally undernourished.
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Origin of undernourished
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skinny, lanky, bony, gaunt, slender, scrawny, angular, fragile, slim, lean, meager, delicate, small, narrow, undernourished, malnourished, emaciated, dying, hungry, anorexicExamples from the Web for undernourished
Contemporary Examples
“He was undernourished, not necessarily malnourished,” she said.
Historical Examples
What grace she had was an athlete's, but she looked overtrained or undernourished.
We Can't Have EverythingRupert Hughes
The calf was undernourished and only weighed two tons when Paul got him.
The Marvelous Exploits of Paul BunyanW. B. Laughead
In their present undernourished condition the public could not face a defeat.
Germany, The Next Republic?Carl W. Ackerman
If the nervous system is undernourished, it becomes disorganized and undeveloped.
Diet and HealthLulu Hunt Peters
She had learned grammar, but no language; her soul was undernourished.
Look Back on HappinessKnut Hamsun
Word Origin and History for undernourished
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