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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Chad's stockpiles could run out by the end of the month, putting the 500,000 severely malnourished children under five in the country in catastrophic danger, UNICEF said.
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Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
The Platform closed on a note of hope, with the literal and symbolic rise of a child from the malnourished bowels of the Pit.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2024
The TikTok video showing the malnourished dog went viral online.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Fadi al-Zant, 6, became the face of malnourished children in Gaza in March.
—Jamie Ross, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
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Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
The Platform closed on a note of hope, with the literal and symbolic rise of a child from the malnourished bowels of the Pit.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2024
The TikTok video showing the malnourished dog went viral online.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Fadi al-Zant, 6, became the face of malnourished children in Gaza in March.
—Jamie Ross, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
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“Malnourished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malnourished. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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