anti-hunger

adjective

an·​ti-hun·​ger
ˌan-tē-ˈhəŋ-gər,
ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-hunger (audio)
: intended or serving to prevent or alleviate hunger
anti-hunger programs
an anti-hunger organization

Examples of anti-hunger in a Sentence

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But anti-hunger advocates say that these restrictions will add to negative perceptions of receiving food aid, while also being unlikely to improve recipients' eating habits. Alain Sherter, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2025 But public-health and anti-hunger groups argue that any food is better than no food. Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025 The leader of a Minnesota anti-hunger nonprofit was convicted in U.S. District Court on Wednesday of masterminding a brazen scheme that reaped more than $240 million in pandemic relief funds with a network of bogus food kitchens that billed the government for 91 million meals. David A. Fahrenthold, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2025 The machines also offer the option of giving to two international charities, the Church World Service anti-hunger charity and WaterAid, a charity dedicated to providing communities with clean water sources. Doug Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2024 This is due, in part, to the large amounts of food industry funding that anti-hunger groups receive. Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025 Spotlighting the poor food choices of SNAP participants would be a distraction from these facts and would risk further stigmatizing a successful anti-hunger program. Benjamin Chrisinger, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2025 One in five Kansas children are food insecure, said Haley Kottler, who focuses on anti-hunger advocacy at Kansas Appleseed. Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2025 But anti-hunger advocates such as Feeding America, a nonprofit network of 200 food banks, were lobbying up to defend nutrition programs even before the election. Taylor Giorno, The Hill, 2 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-hunger was in 1847

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“Anti-hunger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-hunger. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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