malnourished

adjective

Definition of malnourishednext
as in starving
not eating enough food or not eating enough healthy food; poorly nourished The malnourished children were slowly nursed back to health.

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Recent Examples of malnourished 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 Clinics treating malnourished children in Somalia have had to cut rations, with almost 500,000 children under five in the country facing severe acute malnutrition, Reuters reported. — semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026 Moody was found dead, covered in scars and severely malnourished in her aunt’s east Charlotte home last year. — Ryan Oehrli april 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026 He was found weak and malnourished in the mountains of Ventura County — weighing only 17 pounds. — Staff Report, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for malnourished
Recent Examples of Synonyms for malnourished
  1. undernourished
  2. underfed
  3. hungry
Adjective
  • For the first time, the continent has overtaken Asia as the region with the largest number of hungry people, and nearly 60% of the world’s chronically undernourished people could live there by 2030.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
  • Starvation ketoacidosis was a contributing factor, with the DA’s office saying Skyler was undernourished and therefore less able to survive the prolonged restraint.
    — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026
Definition of undernourished
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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
Definition of underfed
Adjective
  • Despite driving roughly 25,000 miles, Silbiger is hungry to get back on the asphalt to continue photographing.
    — Sarah Silbiger, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • Ternus can’t simply bring the colossus that is Apple back to its hungry startup days, Milanesi said.
    — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 25 July 2026
Definition of hungry

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