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View definitions for undernourished

undernourished

adjective as in scrawny

adjective as in skinny

adjective as in starved

Strongest match

Weak match

adjective as in underweight

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Example Sentences

“He was undernourished, not necessarily malnourished,” she said.

Many countries were devastated, undernourished and stripped bare of food and agricultural equipment because of enemy occupation.

Under such conditions many voles appear to be undernourished, and some are actually emaciated.

In their wan faces, in their undernourished bodies, would be indelibly written the bitter defeat of their parents.

The undernourished proletariat lacked the initiative to go out where the food came from.

By the way, she was so skinny to this time and so undernourished; look as skinny as she could be and she did not feel good.

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On this page you'll find 442 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to undernourished, such as: all skin and bones, angular, attenuate, attenuated, beanpole, and beanstalk.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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