If someone is suffering from malnutrition, they are physically weak and extremely thin because they have not eaten enough food.
Infections are more likely in those suffering from malnutrition.
Synonyms: undernourishment, hunger, famine, starvation More Synonyms of malnutrition
malnutrition in British English
(ˌmælnjuːˈtrɪʃən)
noun
lack of adequate nutrition resulting from insufficient food, unbalanced diet, or defective assimilation
malnutrition in American English
(ˌmælnuˈtrɪʃən)
noun
inadequate nutrition; poor nourishment resulting from insufficient food, improper diet, etc.
Examples of 'malnutrition' in a sentence
malnutrition
With the docks destroyed, imports stalled and food supplies disrupted, high prices and shortages have caused widespread malnutrition.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They lived in overcrowded slums and suffered frequently from malnutrition and disease.
Sanderson, Stephen K. Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies (1995)
Many more men died of malnutrition and disease.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Large numbers died from disease and malnutrition.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
International aid agencies report chronic malnutrition in some regions.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Evidence regarding chronic malnutrition yields the same result.
Sanderson, Stephen K. Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies (1995)
Experts warn it's a recipe for malnutrition, liver disease and cancer.
The Sun (2008)
The war also brought the dangers of chronic malnutrition as armies plundered local food reserves, leaving families more exposed to infection and less able to fight it.
Diane Purkiss The English Civil War: A People's History (2006)
Many nutritionists and physicians now agree that there is really only one disease: malnutrition; that all the other ills derive from it.
Thompkins, Peter, Bird, Christopher Secrets of the Soil (1990)
In other languages
malnutrition
British English: malnutrition /ˌmælnjuːˈtrɪʃən/ NOUN
If someone is suffering from malnutrition, they are physically weak and extremely thin because they have not eaten enough food or had a balanced diet.
Infections are more likely in people suffering from malnutrition.
American English: malnutrition
Arabic: سُوءُ الْتَغْذِيَة
Brazilian Portuguese: subnutrição
Chinese: 营养不良
Croatian: neuhranjenost
Czech: podvýživa
Danish: fejlernæring
Dutch: ondervoeding
European Spanish: desnutrición
Finnish: aliravitsemus
French: malnutrition
German: Unterernährung
Greek: υποσιτισμός
Italian: denutrizione
Japanese: 栄養不良
Korean: 영양 실조
Norwegian: feilernæring
Polish: niedożywienie
European Portuguese: subnutrição
Romanian: malnutriție
Russian: истощение (вследствие недоедания)
Latin American Spanish: desnutrición
Swedish: undernäring
Thai: การขาดอาหาร
Turkish: yetersiz beslenme
Ukrainian: недоїдання
Vietnamese: suy dinh dưỡng
Definition of 'malnutrition'
Chinese translation of 'malnutrition'
malnutrition
(mælnjuːˈtrɪʃən)
n(u)
营(營)养(養)不良 (yíngyǎng bùliáng)
(noun)
Definition
physical weakness resulting from insufficient food or an unbalanced diet
Infections are more likely in those suffering from malnutrition.
Synonyms
undernourishment
hunger
Hundreds of people died of hunger during the famine.
famine
The severity of the drought led to famine.
starvation
Over three hundred people had died of starvation.
poor diet
lack of food
malnourishment
inadequate diet
inanition
Additional synonyms
in the sense of famine
Definition
a severe shortage of food
The severity of the drought led to famine.
Synonyms
hunger,
want,
starvation,
deprivation,
scarcity,
dearth,
destitution
in the sense of hunger
Definition
a lack of food that causes suffering or death
Hundreds of people died of hunger during the famine.