unnourished
/'ʌn'nʌriʃt/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Not nourished: Describes a state of not receiving adequate or sufficient nourishment, sustenance, or nutrients required for health, growth, or development.
Usage
- The adjective "unnourished" is used to describe a person, animal, plant, or even abstractly, a thing (like a talent or idea) that lacks proper sustenance or support for its well-being or growth.
- It is a formal or descriptive term, often used in medical, biological, or sociological contexts.
- It typically precedes a noun or follows a linking verb like "be," "become," or "remain."
Examples
- The unnourished soil could not support any crops.
- The aid organization focused on helping unnourished children in the region.
- Without regular watering, the plant remained weak and unnourished.
- Her artistic talent felt unnourished in that environment.
Advanced Usage
- "To leave unnourished": To fail to provide necessary sustenance or support.
- The community's cultural heritage was left unnourished by the new policies.
- "Physically/emotionally/intellectually unnourished": Used to specify the type of nourishment that is lacking.
- He felt intellectually unnourished by the simplistic lectures.
Variants and Related Words
- Nourish (verb): To provide with food or other substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition.
- Nourishing (adjective): Providing nourishment; nutritious.
- Nourishment (noun): The food or other substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition.
- Malnourished (adjective): Suffering from a lack of proper nutrition, often implying a more severe or specific deficiency than "unnourished."
- Undernourished (adjective): Not provided with sufficient nourishment for health and growth; often used interchangeably with "malnourished."
Synonyms
- Underfed: Not given enough food.
- Starved: Suffering or dying from hunger; can be more extreme than "unnourished."
- Unfed: Not given food.
- Deprived: Suffering a severe and damaging lack of basic material and cultural benefits; broader than just food.
Antonyms
- Nourished: Provided with nourishment.
- Fed: Given food.
- Well-fed: Having plenty of food.
- Nutrified: Supplied with nutrients (less common).