malnourished
malnourished
Definition
mal·nour·ished (mal nʉr′is̸ht)
adjective
improperly nourished
malnourished
Usage Examples
Preposition: as
- child: Children in Gaza, according to UNICEF figures, are now as seriously malnourished as children in Congo and Zimbabwe.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- leave: All these factors have undermined food crop yields, leaving the local communities malnourished.
Modifies a noun
- child: How do you feed 8,000 malnourished children in a matter of weeks?
- patient: Martin Green, Chief Executive of ECCA, says: " Malnourished patients are often discharged from hospital into care homes.
- baby: A malnourished baby just brought in is fed by its mother.
- people: The scandal of malnourished older people in hospital Four out of 10 older people admitted to hospital are malnourished on arrival.
- subject: The malnourished subjects scored worse in some domains of the quality of life questionnaires.
- mother: Data collected during the Dutch famine suggest that a malnourished mother protects her own body stores of nutrients at the expense of the fetus.
Modifying Another Word
- chronically: More than 800 million of us are chronically malnourished.
- moderately: Medical staff reported that all children coming to the health center were at least moderately malnourished.
- severely: Normal doses in the severely malnourished may lead to toxicity.
- seriously: A third of all children under the age of five are seriously malnourished.
- already: And already malnourished people could be deprived of food if charities cannot get in to ensure the distribution of vital supplies.
- very: Of these, 45 children were very malnourished, five of which died leaving 40 children who were nursed back to health.
Used with adjective complement
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