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
In Africa, where 30.8% of children under five are stunted and one in five people is undernourished, this impact has the potential to be particularly powerful.
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Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Life in Arkham is no life at all, and Phoenix appears to have undergone even more severe weight loss in the name of his craft this time, all the better to suggest a broken, undernourished soul.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2024
Zinc supplementation increases height in both healthy and undernourished children.
—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
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Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Life in Arkham is no life at all, and Phoenix appears to have undergone even more severe weight loss in the name of his craft this time, all the better to suggest a broken, undernourished soul.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2024
Zinc supplementation increases height in both healthy and undernourished children.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undernourished
Adjective
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Nobody could have given this song so much haggard soul.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2025
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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
Adjective
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Authorities said there were signs she had been badly beaten, malnourished and tortured prior to her death, according to a statement from the Racine County Sheriff’s Office.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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Among the programs affected were efforts to feed malnourished children in Sudan, bring clean water to refugees in Yemen and deliver medicines to people living with HIV.—
Anna Maria Barry-Jester,
ProPublica,
9 Feb. 2025
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Truong makes a strong case for it and goes minimal with thin French tips and daisies peeking out on the corners of each nail for singer Ella Mai.—
Audrey Noble,
Vogue,
18 Feb. 2025
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This draconian action will increase the workload and place new responsibilities on a workforce that is already stretched thin.—
Kathryn Krupnik,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Undernourished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undernourished. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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