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unnourished

unnourished

7.5
Not having enough food or nutrients to grow and stay healthy
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈnɔːrɪʃt/
translation icon : desnutrido
  • The plants in the garden were unnourished due to the lack of sunlight and water.

So first of all, the soul is always at work, but sometimes unnourished, unexpressed.

Examples

  • An unnourished body can lead to serious health issues over time.

  • So first of all, the soul is always at work, but sometimes unnourished, unexpressed.

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  • The Tree of Liberty is going unnourished, withering, and will die.

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  • Without proper food, the children remained unnourished and struggled to thrive.

Synonyms

malnourished
vsunnourished
4 5.6

A person or animal that does not have enough food and is weak

focuses on missing nutrients rather than the health result
underfed
vsunnourished
3 3.4

Not having enough food to be healthy

highlights nutrient absence that affects growth and good condition
undernourished
vsunnourished
1 4.4

Not having enough food to stay healthy and grow

is the same idea but stated more generally about lacking necessary nutrients
ill-fed
vsunnourished
1 5.5

Not getting enough food to stay healthy

focuses on lacking nutrients needed for health and growth
starving
vsunnourished
1 1.4

Very hungry and needing food now

expresses nutrient deficiency but not necessarily life threatening
starved
vsunnourished
2.1

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

describes nutrient shortage but without intense or extreme hunger

Antonyms

well-fed
20 1.1

Not hungry because you have eaten enough food

nourished
2.7

Having enough good food to be healthy and grow

How Nourished

thriving
6 3.8
nourished
2.7
unnourished
7.5
malnourished
4 5.6
emaciated
8 7.8

Surface Forms

unnourished positive

Morphology

unnourished = nourished (transparent) = un + nourish + ed

A standard negation formed by adding 'un-' to the adjective 'nourished', producing the literal opposite meaning.

Etymology

The word unnourished is built from un- ('not') and nourish, which comes from an old word meaning 'to feed' and is the same root as nutrition and nurse. So unnourished literally means 'not fed' and describes people, plants, or soil that lack the food they need to stay healthy or grow.