as in haggard
not getting enough food or not getting enough healthy food for good health and growth
undernourished children
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Recent Examples of undernourished
In Africa, where 30.8% of children under five are stunted and one in five people is undernourished, this impact has the potential to be particularly powerful.
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Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Life in Arkham is no life at all, and Phoenix appears to have undergone even more severe weight loss in the name of his craft this time, all the better to suggest a broken, undernourished soul.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2024
Zinc supplementation increases height in both healthy and undernourished children.
—Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2024
At a time when climate change, poverty, and instability are driving food insecurity— leaving one in five Africans undernourished and 58% facing moderate to severe hunger— investing in indigenous crops offers a powerful solution.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
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Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Life in Arkham is no life at all, and Phoenix appears to have undergone even more severe weight loss in the name of his craft this time, all the better to suggest a broken, undernourished soul.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2024
Zinc supplementation increases height in both healthy and undernourished children.
—Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2024
At a time when climate change, poverty, and instability are driving food insecurity— leaving one in five Africans undernourished and 58% facing moderate to severe hunger— investing in indigenous crops offers a powerful solution.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undernourished
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The face that confronted him was haggard and gaunt, its hair and beard unkempt.—
Greg Jackson,
The New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2024
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These are films about a haggard failson trying to hold his life together with the help of a wise-cracking goo monster who longs for the taste of human brains.—
Charles Pulliam-Moore,
The Verge,
24 Oct. 2024
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Chad's stockpiles could run out by the end of the month, putting the 500,000 severely malnourished children under five in the country in catastrophic danger, UNICEF said.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA TODAY,
15 Oct. 2024
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The Platform closed on a note of hope, with the literal and symbolic rise of a child from the malnourished bowels of the Pit.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
5 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Mother Nature removes this thin coating of cement/lime paste over time, exposing the sand color to your eyes.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
25 Jan. 2025
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The Verge’s Allison Johnson joins David and Nilay to talk about the vibes at Unpacked, where the thinner S25 Edge inspired raucous enthusiasm, and where Samsung tried to make the case that AI will make your phone better even if there’s not much new hardware to speak of.—
David Pierce,
The Verge,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Undernourished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undernourished. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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