ill-fed

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Ill-fed, ill-clothed, ill-trained, the troops stumbled when they tried to goose-step.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ill-fed larvae become the small workers; well-fed larvae become soldiers; overfed larvae become queens.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ill-fed and ill-clothed, they could march all day in the scorching sun, uncomplaining, shiver all night in chilling winds, and then shamble on in the face of death.

From David Malcolm by Lloyd, Nelson

Ill-fed, ill-clothed, ill-cherished, all that might be refined and elevated in her nature, if properly cultivated, is choked into starveling shapes by her enemy—Want.

From Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch by Lane, Mary E. Bradley

Ill-fed but dissipated-looking rascals, they seemed more like highwaymen than soldiers.

From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James