malnourished

The owner of the veterinary clinic arrived at work at 6:30 a.m. and found the dog, which was “extremely malnourished,” infested with fleas and missing a tooth, Spitzer said.

It comes as the BBC has found that soaring numbers of people are arriving at hospital either malnourished or with nutrient deficiencies.

The boy was fifteen, skinny, almost malnourished, so that the hip bones and coccyx stood out sharply.

In her arms, motionless and severely malnourished, lies her three-year-old daughter, Masajed.

Vaughan was evacuated from Gaza last month, bidding goodbye to colleagues and patients who were so malnourished their bones jutted from their skin like tent poles.