malnourished

Examples

• All

• The kids are really skinny and small, really malnourished.

  Blog text (25)

• They're really malnourished and I saw bruises on them.

• So they are deeply malnourished during their early years.

  Stanford

• When she stopped them all, I went to look, and all of the dogs looked completely malnourished and starving.

  Blog text (34)

• Coach, my initial examination indicates that David is extremely malnourished.

  Hurricane Season (2010)

• A hungry, malnourished pupil cannot do well in ongoing lessons and units of study.

  Academic text (1999)

• Despite great progress in increasing productivity in the last century, hundreds of millions of people remain hungry and malnourished.

  Academic text (2003)

• If the mother is malnourished, that also increases the risk of transmitting HIV to the child.

• The child is weeping in agony, rolling in their own filth and visibly ill and malnourished.

  Blog text (7)

• Many children in the refugee camp are malnourished and desperately need help.

Synonyms

E

emaciated

vsmalnourished

8 7.8

Extremely thin from illness or lack of food with bones showing

describes the underlying poor health state rather than just physical thinness

U

underfed

vsmalnourished

3 3.4

Not having enough food to be healthy

stresses the resulting decline in health rather than only food amount

U

undernourished

vsmalnourished

1 4.4

Not having enough food to stay healthy and grow

focuses on the poor health that results from inadequate nutrition

I

ill-fed

vsmalnourished

1 5.5

Not getting enough food to stay healthy

points to the health problems caused by that inadequate feeding

S

starving

vsmalnourished

1 1.4

Very hungry and needing food now

denotes poor health from lack of nutrition but is less extreme in focus

U

unnourished

vsmalnourished

7.5

Not having enough food or nutrients to grow and stay healthy

highlights that this lack leads to a state of poor health

S

starved

vsmalnourished

2.1

A person or animal who is very hungry because they have no food

refers more to lasting health decline caused by prolonged inadequate nutrition

Antonyms

H

healthy

695 1.0

In good body and mind condition without sickness or injury

W

well-nourished

2 3.4

Having enough healthy food to grow and stay healthy

N

nourished

2.7

Having enough good food to be healthy and grow

How Nourished

robust

112 3.9

well-nourished

2 3.4

healthy

695 1.0

thin

314 1.0

underweight

8 3.1

malnourished

4 5.6

emaciated

8 7.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology