underfed
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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
I flicked through the document, which includes suggestions that participants were "underfed and overtired".
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2024
Others were dehydrated, underfed, injured or living in poor conditions, including one building that did not have air conditioning.
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
The young, underfed Hirschman’s baggy pants and worn leather jacket demonstrate his rebel and refugee status.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
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
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