About thirty per-cent of the country's children were malnourished.
English dictionary. 2008.
malnourished — adj. Not getting adequate food; suffering from malnutrition; underfed. [Narrower terms: {starved, starving}; {unfed}; {foodless}] [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
malnourished — 1906, from MAL (Cf. mal ) bad, badly + nourished (see NOURISH (Cf. nourish)) … Etymology dictionary
malnourished — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ suffering from malnutrition. DERIVATIVES malnourishment noun … English terms dictionary
malnourished — [mal nʉr′isht] adj. improperly nourished … English World dictionary
malnourished — mal|nour|ished [ˌmælˈnʌrıʃt US ˈnə: , ˈnʌ ] adj someone who is malnourished is ill or weak because they have not had enough good food to eat ▪ malnourished children … Dictionary of contemporary English
malnourished — /mal nerr isht, nur /, adj. poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine. [1925 30; MAL + NOURISH + ED2] * * * … Universalium
malnourished — mal|nour|ished [ mæl nɜrıʃt ] adjective weak or sick because you do not eat enough or you do not eat enough of the right foods: malnourished children … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
malnourished — UK [ˌmælˈnʌrɪʃt] / US [mælˈnɜrɪʃt] adjective weak or ill because you do not eat enough or do not eat enough of the right foods malnourished children … English dictionary
malnourished — adjective Date: 1927 undernourished … New Collegiate Dictionary
malnourished — adjective suffering from malnutrition Syn: underfed, undernourished Ant: well fed See Also: malnutrition … Wiktionary
