malnourished
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malnourished
adjective more malnourished · most malnourished
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Suffering from malnutrition.
Thus, leucine is already being seen as a pharmaconutrient of great relevance for the supplementary feeding of malnourished and frail elderly and for specific subpopulations.
Similar: underfed, undernourished
Opposite: well-fed
verb
- simple past and past participle of malnourish
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adjective
Opposite: well-fed
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adj suffering from malnutrition
| Español | desnutrido |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | कुपोषित kupoṣit |
| Português | desnutrido |
| Français | mal nourri, malnutri |
| Deutsch | unterernährt |
| Italiano | malnutrito |
| Русский | истощённый istoščónnyj, недоеда́ющий nedojedájuščij |
Talk about this word "malnourished." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/malnourished. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. malnourished. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/malnourished "malnourished." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/malnourished.Cite this
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title = {malnourished},
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