as in haggard
not getting enough food or not getting enough healthy food for good health and growth
undernourished children
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Recent Examples of undernourished
Zinc supplementation increases height in both healthy and undernourished children.
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Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2024
At a time when climate change, poverty, and instability are driving food insecurity— leaving one in five Africans undernourished and 58% facing moderate to severe hunger— investing in indigenous crops offers a powerful solution.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
The recipient twin often receives the majority of the nourishment, leaving the donor twin undernourished, smaller, and often anemic.
—Pamela Prindle Fierro, Parents, 30 July 2024
But then there come scenes that feel rushed, undernourished, and underpopulated.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 May 2024
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Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2024
At a time when climate change, poverty, and instability are driving food insecurity— leaving one in five Africans undernourished and 58% facing moderate to severe hunger— investing in indigenous crops offers a powerful solution.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
The recipient twin often receives the majority of the nourishment, leaving the donor twin undernourished, smaller, and often anemic.
—Pamela Prindle Fierro, Parents, 30 July 2024
But then there come scenes that feel rushed, undernourished, and underpopulated.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for undernourished
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undernourished
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The face that confronted him was haggard and gaunt, its hair and beard unkempt.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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These are films about a haggard failson trying to hold his life together with the help of a wise-cracking goo monster who longs for the taste of human brains.Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2024
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The most severe cases are among people who are severely malnourished, according to the WHO, which reports acute pneumonia, influenza, COVID-19, measles and malaria are considered potential causal factors.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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This 12-year-old was not only fighting cancer but malnourished.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Conventional toy cars used thin, rigid steel axles and rubber tires.George Petras, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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There’s never been a better long-form tool for exploring complex ideas than these rectangular objects made of thin wood slices (or imaginary bleeps and bloops on a Kindle).Vulture Editors, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
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