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
The kid appeared undernourished and wearing a torn Miami Heat T-shirt.
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David Dickstein, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
Fueling your body inadequately will leave you feeling dissatisfied and undernourished.
—Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 27 Feb. 2026
But it still cannot be used to bring aid in, and though humanitarian support has increased via crossings from Israel, such assistance remains insufficient for the territory’s undernourished population.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 4 Feb. 2026
The disease also tends to hit undernourished, immunocompromised, and pregnant people particularly hard, and many of the severest cases tend to occur in the youngest children.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
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David Dickstein, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
Fueling your body inadequately will leave you feeling dissatisfied and undernourished.
—Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 27 Feb. 2026
But it still cannot be used to bring aid in, and though humanitarian support has increased via crossings from Israel, such assistance remains insufficient for the territory’s undernourished population.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 4 Feb. 2026
The disease also tends to hit undernourished, immunocompromised, and pregnant people particularly hard, and many of the severest cases tend to occur in the youngest children.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undernourished
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Rocking back and forth nervously during a television appearance, a haggard-looking Diaz-Canel acknowledged the same talks, which his government had denied were taking place just days before.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN Money,
22 Mar. 2026
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Wrexham, meanwhile, was near the bottom, struggling in England’s lowest division under a haggard fan-ownership group keeping it on life support.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Warming temperatures and shifts in sea ice in the Arctic are disrupting the food web gray whales rely on during summer feeding months, according to a 2023 study in Science, leaving many malnourished during migration.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 May 2026
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Zoo announces third death, a sloth named Dumpling So far, three of 13 malnourished sloths have not survived after they were taken in by Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens in Sanford, about 25 miles from Orlando.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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What began as a niche repertory experiment now spans nearly 100 theaters across 73 cities and eight countries, suggesting the Cinematheque’s gleefully nihilistic concept has tapped into a seriously underfed audience.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
4 May 2026
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Said was clean-shaven, with close-cropped, graying hair and thin, rectangular glasses.—
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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Expect body hair to thin, disappear, Alpinize.—
Sandra Cisneros,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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“Undernourished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undernourished. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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