Synonyms of malnutrition

malnutrition

noun

as in starvation

the unhealthy condition that results from not eating enough food or not eating enough healthy food; poor nutrition

a program to help poor children suffering from malnutrition

Synonyms & Similar Words

• starvation
• hunger
• famine
• undernourishment
• stomach
• rapacity
• munchies
• emptiness
• voracity
• craving
• appetite
• famishment
• ravenousness
• sweet tooth
• rapaciousness
• belly
• voraciousness
• hunger strike
• fast
• greed
• gluttony
• gourmandism
• hoggishness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• satisfaction
• fullness
• glut
• satiety
• satiation
• surfeit
• repletion
• fill
• repleteness
• inappetence

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of malnutrition

Joseph is the second child to die from malnutrition in the city during the past few months. —Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2024

This area of the DRC is highly fragile from a health perspective, with 40 percent of residents suffering from malnutrition, and access to medical care being difficult for many, with medicines in short supply. —Marta Musso, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024

Nearly 19,000 children have been hospitalized for acute malnutrition in the past four months alone. —Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024

The teenager's body, emaciated and weak from malnutrition, was covered in old and fresh bruises, burns and sores, according to The Indianapolis Star. —Nicole Acosta, People.com, 1 Dec. 2024