food insecure

or food-in·se·cure

[ food in-si-kyoor ]

adjective

1. having or characterized by limited or uncertain access to adequate food:

   Lack of rain has made for a reduced harvest, and at least 1.31 million people in the region are food insecure.

Word History and Origins

Origin of food insecure¹

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

It also helps inform decisions on humanitarian responses in some of the world’s most food insecure countries.

From Seattle Times

World Food Program’s chief economist, said every year since 2016 the numbers of people acutely food insecure have gone up, and they are now more than double the numbers before the COVID-19 pandemic.

From Seattle Times

And it is in Erie, where one in eight people are considered food insecure, that inflation is a priority election issue.

From BBC

Forty percent of people who were food insecure this year did not get aid and those who did received less than 50% of the full rations, said Ollo Sib from the World Food Program.

From Seattle Times

"We can safely say that 100% are food insecure at this moment."

From Reuters