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malnourished
[ mal-nur-isht, -nuhr- ]
adjective
- poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition:
thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
malnourished
/ mælˈnʌrɪʃt /
adjective
- undernourished
Word History and Origins
Origin of malnourished1
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Example Sentences
Animal rescue agencies took in dozens of dogs left outside, and at least one dog owner in Houston was arrested on allegations he kept eight severely malnourished dogs outside for days during the cold streak.
In 1946, the National School Lunch Program was launched because many of America’s young men had been too malnourished to serve in the military and commodity prices were dropping rapidly in the postwar economy.
A group of young men spoke of “malnourished socialists” and the Carter-Baker Commission on election reform.
At first, I thought he had a skinny butt because he was malnourished.
While Johnson could be at risk of being underweight, Richard determined, she was not malnourished.
Morris searched for whatever strength was left in his malnourished body.
“He was undernourished, not necessarily malnourished,” she said.
These institutions are not habitable; children are malnourished and in some cases starving and emaciated.
The doctor at the American Medical Center told us that Alex was malnourished.
But Middleton is neither malnourished nor an Ironwoman competitor.
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