| 单词 | malnourished |
| 释义 | malnourished (once / 52298 pages) adj When someone's malnourished, they don't get enough to eat. Beyond simply being hungry, someone who's malnourished doesn't get the nutrients they need to be healthy. Poor countries and those experiencing drought or war are the most likely to have a high percentage of malnourished citizens. If crops can't grow, or food can't be distributed to people who need it, the result is a malnourished population. A malnourished person suffers from malnutrition. Both words use the mal- prefix, meaning "badly," and the Latin root nutrire, "to feed." WORD FAMILYmalnourish: malnourished, malnourishing, malnourishment USAGE EXAMPLESHer two other children were also badly malnourished. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) It's possible, food historian Mosby says, to be both obese and malnourished. BBC(Dec 27, 2016) Roughly 20 percent of those under 5 years old are severely malnourished, she said. Seattle Times(Dec 26, 2016) adj not being provided with adequate nourishment Syn|Ant foodless being without food ill-fed, underfed, undernourishednot getting adequate food starved, starvingsuffering from lack of food unfednot fed unnourishednot nourished nourished being provided with adequate nourishment corn-fedfed on corn full, repletefilled to satisfaction with food or drink well-fed, well-nourishedproperly nourished overfedtoo well nourished stall-fed(of livestock) kept and fed in a stall in order to fatten for the market |
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