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malnourished

[mal-nur-isht, -nuhr-] / mælˈnɜr ɪʃt, -ˈnʌr- /




ADJECTIVE
undersized
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Outside the capital city, North Korea remains poor, with nearly half of its 26 million residents malnourished, according to a U.N. report.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Several of these camps have made headlines as the women and children living in them are severely malnourished and lack access to basic resources.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

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

Poorly dressed and malnourished, they faced lethal diseases like dysentery, smallpox, and typhus—epidemics typical in army camps where basic sanitation was poor and drinking water carried deadly germs.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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