unnourishedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈnʌrɪʃt/, U.S. /ˌənˈnərɪʃt/, /ˌənˈnʊrɪʃt/ Not nourished. Frequently figurative.In quot. a1525 perhaps: not well brought up (cf. nourish v. 1).
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the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [adjective] > furthered or developed > not
unnourisheda1525
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [adjective] > hungry > underfed or unfed
under-meated1653
underfed1835
unnourished1896
under-nourished1910
a1525 A. Cadiou tr. A. Chartier Porteous Noblenes in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 181 Deligence yat awalkis all wertuis In travale makis of ane rude & vnnurist [1508 vnmirist] man ane man cuning perte & weile manerit.
1603 S. Daniel Panegyrike sig. C2v For hauing not this skill, how to contend,Th' vnnourisht strife would quickely make an end.
1724 R. Blackmore Treat. Consumptions ii. 79 It is no Wonder that while the Patient continues thus unnourished, he should find his Vigour decay.
1762 Sketch Present Times 15 Through Street to Street, she wends..The bleak Winds piercing her unnourish'd Sides.
1854 Illustr. Mag. Art 3 162/2 It is cold and heartless, cultivating the head much, but leaving the warm impulses of the heart unregulated, unnourished, and unreplenished from the stores of the imagination.
1896 N. Amer. Rev. 163 715 As only the unnourished tree can battle.
1943 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 8 May 584/1 Patients suffering from cellulitis of the legs and feet, swellings about the body, unnourished nails and teeth, and other pre-scorbutic symptoms.
1995 Maxim July 66 ‘Mainly you have junk sex,’ she says. ‘Like junk food, this is what our society mostly relies on: sex that's fast, genitally focused, not very intimate and leaves you unnourished.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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