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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underfed
Adjective
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The 32-year-old man recently freed from a Waterbury home was reportedly found malnourished after being withdrawn from school at age 11 and then reportedly held captive for decades.—
Kaitlin McCallum,
Hartford Courant,
13 May 2025 -
Hospitals have reported that cases of malnourished pregnant and breastfeeding women are rising sharply, and most newborns are now being born underweight.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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Officers from the Polk County Animal Cruelty Investigations Unit in Florida received a tip that two undernourished horses were seen on a farm in Lake Wales, according to a press release.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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Season 49 and 50 are filming back to back, so these two will be particularly undernourished out there.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Time,
29 May 2025
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“Underfed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underfed. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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