underfed

Example Sentences

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The author observes that “workers under the OT generally suffered the worst possible conditions because the agency specialized in construction,” which meant laboring outside in extreme weather, even while sick, underfed and exhausted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

But even though the Storm Corps' training is more advanced than that of regular North Korean units, the soldiers are still underfed and even malnourished.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2024

Enlisted members of the Nationalist army were often underfed and scorned by their officers, and many ran away or defected to the CCP.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Since 2019, hundreds of gray whales have died along North America’s Pacific coastline, many appearing skinny or underfed.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2021

He was underfed, so skinny his bones protruded under his skin, and he looked so lost, standing there, clutching his own elbows.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee