malnourished

Thân thiện

A young child looks malnourished and weak.

Definition

1. 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.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. not being provided with adequate nourishment