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单词 undernourished
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Definition of undernourished in English:

undernourished

adjectiveʌndəˈnʌrɪʃtˌəndərˈnərɪʃt
  • Having insufficient food or other substances for good health and condition.

    undernourished children
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As well as being emotionally undernourished, the children also did not have adequate facilities.
    • Some people, he says, are eating too much meat, oil and fat, and parents and grandparents are feeding their children excessively to make up for being undernourished themselves.
    • One in eight patients admitted to the region's hospitals is undernourished and their condition is ignored by doctors and nurses, according to new research.
    • She certainly didn't appear undernourished but, yes, I did feel immensely sorry for her.
    • He said that low birth weight babies delivered by undernourished mothers are also at a risk of becoming obese later on.
    • I hadn't eaten for three days, and was heavily undernourished.
    • Chronically undernourished children are far more likely to succumb to disease compared to those children who are of adequate nutrition.
    • You may have to take nutrients or eat foods containing certain vitamins so that you do not become undernourished or underweight.
    • She was undernourished and she had never seen by a health visitor or a doctor.
    • She has been a prisoner for years on end, unloved and constantly undernourished in the midst of appalling squalor.
    • Thin, small built and looking undernourished, ‘PK’ was ahead of me in Maths but I outscored him in other subjects.
    • The students are all undernourished and underweight.
    • Nevertheless, a soldier must eat a reasonably balanced diet in order to avoid fatigue, and the diseases which can run rampant through the camps of undernourished troops.
    • The report says one quarter of the region's population are undernourished.
    • The child grew to become a vibrant but undernourished teenager, who was very popular in his neighbourhood.
    • They hadn't eaten properly and were undernourished.
    • This appeared in the national press, which reported that millions of households were undernourished because they did not have the opportunity to make healthy food choices.
    • All the prisoners are overworked and undernourished.
    • Although no one ever starved here, many were undernourished.
    • Her mother Anna was undernourished and food was scarce in Czechoslovakia.
    Synonyms
    slim, lean, slender, rangy, willowy, svelte, sylphlike, spare, slight

Derivatives

  • undernourishment

  • nounˌʌndəˈnʌrɪʃm(ə)ntˌəndərˈnərɪʃmənt
    mass noun
    • Lack of sufficient food or other substances for good health and condition.

      children lost to diseases compounded by undernourishment
      Example sentencesExamples
      • While standards of health improved in general, undernourishment and diseases associated with poverty like cholera and typhoid became a permanent presence.
      • In the region, undernourishment and malnourishment were common, and the incidence of deficiency diseases reached staggering proportions.
      • A commonly used indicator of undernourishment is Body Mass Index.

Rhymes

malnourished
 
 

Definition of undernourished in US English:

undernourished

adjectiveˌəndərˈnəriSHtˌəndərˈnərɪʃt
  • Having insufficient food or other substances for good health and condition.

    undernourished children
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As well as being emotionally undernourished, the children also did not have adequate facilities.
    • She was undernourished and she had never seen by a health visitor or a doctor.
    • One in eight patients admitted to the region's hospitals is undernourished and their condition is ignored by doctors and nurses, according to new research.
    • Although no one ever starved here, many were undernourished.
    • She certainly didn't appear undernourished but, yes, I did feel immensely sorry for her.
    • You may have to take nutrients or eat foods containing certain vitamins so that you do not become undernourished or underweight.
    • He said that low birth weight babies delivered by undernourished mothers are also at a risk of becoming obese later on.
    • Thin, small built and looking undernourished, ‘PK’ was ahead of me in Maths but I outscored him in other subjects.
    • I hadn't eaten for three days, and was heavily undernourished.
    • All the prisoners are overworked and undernourished.
    • The students are all undernourished and underweight.
    • This appeared in the national press, which reported that millions of households were undernourished because they did not have the opportunity to make healthy food choices.
    • They hadn't eaten properly and were undernourished.
    • Chronically undernourished children are far more likely to succumb to disease compared to those children who are of adequate nutrition.
    • Nevertheless, a soldier must eat a reasonably balanced diet in order to avoid fatigue, and the diseases which can run rampant through the camps of undernourished troops.
    • The report says one quarter of the region's population are undernourished.
    • She has been a prisoner for years on end, unloved and constantly undernourished in the midst of appalling squalor.
    • Her mother Anna was undernourished and food was scarce in Czechoslovakia.
    • The child grew to become a vibrant but undernourished teenager, who was very popular in his neighbourhood.
    • Some people, he says, are eating too much meat, oil and fat, and parents and grandparents are feeding their children excessively to make up for being undernourished themselves.
    Synonyms
    slim, lean, slender, rangy, willowy, svelte, sylphlike, spare, slight
 
 
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