malnourished
1malnourished — adj. Not getting adequate food; suffering from malnutrition; underfed. [Narrower terms: {starved, starving}; {unfed}; {foodless}] [WordNet 1.5] …
2malnourished — 1906, from MAL (Cf. mal ) bad, badly + nourished (see NOURISH (Cf. nourish)) …
3malnourished — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ suffering from malnutrition. DERIVATIVES malnourishment noun …
4malnourished — [mal nʉr′isht] adj. improperly nourished …
5malnourished — mal|nour|ished [ˌmælˈnʌrıʃt US ˈnə: , ˈnʌ ] adj someone who is malnourished is ill or weak because they have not had enough good food to eat ▪ malnourished children …
6malnourished — [[t]mæ̱lnʌ̱rɪʃt[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If someone is malnourished, they are physically weak because they do not eat enough food or do not eat the right kind of food. About thirty per cent of the country s children were malnourished. Syn …
7malnourished — /mal nerr isht, nur /, adj. poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine. [1925 30; MAL + NOURISH + ED2] * * * …
8malnourished — mal|nour|ished [ mæl nɜrıʃt ] adjective weak or sick because you do not eat enough or you do not eat enough of the right foods: malnourished children …
9malnourished — UK [ˌmælˈnʌrɪʃt] / US [mælˈnɜrɪʃt] adjective weak or ill because you do not eat enough or do not eat enough of the right foods malnourished children …
10malnourished — adjective Date: 1927 undernourished …