malnourished
Definition
- Adjective:
- Suffering from malnutrition; not receiving adequate nourishment: The word describes a person, animal, or population whose physical health is impaired because their diet lacks sufficient calories, protein, vitamins, or other essential nutrients for proper growth and health.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The aid organization provides food for malnourished children in the region.
- Years of poverty left the population severely malnourished and vulnerable to disease.
- A doctor can identify malnourished patients by specific clinical signs.
Advanced Usage
- "to be malnourished": This is the most common construction, describing a state of poor nutrition.
- Despite having enough food, he was malnourished because his diet lacked essential vitamins.
- "to become malnourished": Describes the process of falling into a state of malnutrition.
- Patients with certain illnesses can quickly become malnourished.
Variants and Related Words
- Malnutrition (noun): The condition of being malnourished; poor nutrition.
- Chronic malnutrition can cause stunted growth in children.
- Undernourished (adjective): A close synonym, often used interchangeably with "malnourished," though it can more specifically imply a lack of enough food (calories).
- Nourish (verb): To provide with food or other substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition.
- Well-nourished (adjective): The opposite state; being healthily fed.
Synonyms
- Undernourished: Lacking adequate food for health and growth.
- Underfed: Not given enough food.
- Starving / Starved: Suffering or dying from hunger; a much more severe and acute state than "malnourished."
Antonyms
- Well-nourished
- Well-fed
- Healthy
Related Phrases
- Suffer from malnutrition: The verbal phrase describing the condition.
- Millions suffer from malnutrition due to conflict and drought.
Adjective
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not being provided with adequate nourishment
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