- undernourishment
- nounnot having enough food to develop or function normally• Syn: ↑malnourishment• Derivationally related forms: ↑malnourish (for: ↑malnourishment), ↑undernourish• Hypernyms: ↑hunger, ↑hungriness
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undernourishment — [[t]ʌ̱ndə(r)nʌ̱rɪʃmənt, AM nɜ͟ːr [/t]] N UNCOUNT If someone is suffering from undernourishment, they have poor health because they are not eating enough food or are eating the wrong kind of food. Forty per cent of children under five in… … English dictionary
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undernourishment — noun see undernourished … New Collegiate Dictionary
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undernourishment — noun a) Insufficient nourishment b) The condition of being undernourished … Wiktionary
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undernourishment — See: undernourished … English dictionary
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