food insecure
adjective
variants
or less commonly food-insecure
: unable to consistently access or afford adequate food
According to data released last week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 17 percent of Americans—more than 50 million people—live in households that are "food insecure," a term that means a family sometimes runs out of money to buy food, or it sometimes runs out of food before it can get more money.—
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Lisa MillerA food-insecure household may be faced with the difficult choice of paying for basic necessities, such as health care and housing, or buying nutritionally adequate foods.—Elyse Miller
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Of the thousands of veterans surveyed by Yale School of Medicine's Veterans Aging Cohort Study, 24% reported being food insecure.
—Pilar Arias, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, according to Feeding America, a U.S. hunger relief nonprofit, 1 in 9 working-age veterans are food insecure.
—Rachel Dobkin, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
On a special episode (first released on November 13, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: While the U.S. is, on the whole, a wealthy country, currently one in eight Americans is food insecure.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2024
Another sign indicated: One out of ten New Yorkers over 60 is food insecure.
—David Moin, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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Pilar Arias, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, according to Feeding America, a U.S. hunger relief nonprofit, 1 in 9 working-age veterans are food insecure.
—Rachel Dobkin, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
On a special episode (first released on November 13, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: While the U.S. is, on the whole, a wealthy country, currently one in eight Americans is food insecure.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2024
Another sign indicated: One out of ten New Yorkers over 60 is food insecure.
—David Moin, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Food insecure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20insecure. Accessed 16 Dec. 2024.
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