as in starving
not eating enough food or not eating enough healthy food; poorly nourished
The malnourished children were slowly nursed back to health.
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Recent Examples of malnourished
Israel’s war in Gaza has depleted the territory’s health system, leaving staff unable to treat malnourished children.
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Eyad Kourdi, CNN, 10 July 2024
The pups arrive skinny and malnourished, receive care and medical treatment and are released.
—Tara Ellison, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
Severely malnourished children are emaciated and typically lethargic or even unconscious, have cold hands, a rapid pulse, low blood pressure, and may be close to dying.
—Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 2 Oct. 2024
Last year, a Clay County grand jury indicted Haslett, who is now 41 years old, after a malnourished woman, wearing a collar locked around her neck, ran to a neighbor’s house and said she had been restrained in a man’s basement in Excelsior Springs.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2024
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Eyad Kourdi, CNN, 10 July 2024
The pups arrive skinny and malnourished, receive care and medical treatment and are released.
—Tara Ellison, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
Severely malnourished children are emaciated and typically lethargic or even unconscious, have cold hands, a rapid pulse, low blood pressure, and may be close to dying.
—Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 2 Oct. 2024
Last year, a Clay County grand jury indicted Haslett, who is now 41 years old, after a malnourished woman, wearing a collar locked around her neck, ran to a neighbor’s house and said she had been restrained in a man’s basement in Excelsior Springs.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2024
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“Malnourished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malnourished. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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