malnourished
Example Sentences
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At Banissa's main hospital, an influx of severely malnourished children -- some arriving from neighbouring Ethiopia -- has overwhelmed the paediatric ward.
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026
That’s when so much critical development takes place, and children who are malnourished can never make up the loss.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 24, 2025
It comes as the BBC has found that soaring numbers of people are arriving at hospital either malnourished or with nutrient deficiencies.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025
The boy was fifteen, skinny, almost malnourished, so that the hip bones and coccyx stood out sharply.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
I was still too frail and too malnourished to have gone through puberty.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
