MALNOURISHED Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

malnourished

adjective

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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Recent Examples of malnourished The head of New York City’s child welfare agency resisted calls Thursday to divulge personal details about child fatalities following the horrific death of malnourished 4-year-old Jah’Meik Modlin. —

Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024 The most severe cases are among people who are severely malnourished, according to the WHO, which reports acute pneumonia, influenza, COVID-19, measles and malaria are considered potential causal factors. —

Sara Dorn, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024 This 12-year-old was not only fighting cancer but malnourished. —

Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024 All sides in the war are behaving irresponsibly, so more than half the people of Sudan — 25 million people — have become acutely malnourished already. —

Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for malnourished