malnourished

English

Etymology

From mal- +‎ nourished.

Adjective

malnourished (comparative more malnourished, superlative most malnourished)

1. Suffering from malnutrition.
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Synonyms

• underfed
• undernourished

Antonyms

• well-fed

Related terms

• malnutrition

Translations

suffering from malnutrition

• Danish: fejlernæret, underernæret
• Dutch: ondervoed (nl)
• Finnish: aliravittu (fi), virheravittu
• French: mal nourri, malnutri (fr)
• Georgian: კვების უკმარისობით (ḳvebis uḳmarisobit), ცუდად ნაკვები (cudad naḳvebi)
• German: unterernährt (de)
• Hungarian: alultáplált (hu)
• Italian: malnutrito (it)
• Maori: makuhea
• Portuguese: desnutrido
• Russian: истощённый (ru) (istoščónnyj), недоеда́ющий (ru) (nedojedájuščij)
• Spanish: desnutrido (es)
• Swedish: undernärd (sv)

Verb

malnourished

1. simple past and past participle of malnourish