malnourish

malnourish
verb
provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment
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The stunted growth of these children shows that they are undernourished

Syn: ↑undernourish
Derivationally related forms: ↑malnourishment, ↑undernourishment (for: ↑undernourish)
Hypernyms: ↑feed, ↑give
Verb Frames:
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