malnourishedadj.
/ˌmalˈnʌrɪʃt/, U.S. /ˈˌmælˈnərɪʃt/ Suffering from malnutrition; not provided with adequate nourishment; undernourished.
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food-sick1587
cachectical1625
cachectic1634
malnourished1911
1911 Science 24 Nov. 729 The stunted or malnourished rats in these earlier experiments have not lost their capacity to grow.
1928 Daily Tel. 11 Dec. 17/1 He [sc. Lord Eustace Percy] had emphasised the importance of local authorities making adequate provision for mal-nourished children.
1963 Economist 29 June 1348/1 Half the world's population is still hungry or malnourished or both.
1972 Lancet 22 July 143/1 200 randomly selected malnourished children under the age of five years.
1993 Time Off (Brisbane) 23 June 27/1 The camera snatches images of the filthy, malnourished people of the street.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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