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
Both movies ridicule aristocrats who are underfed yet over-sated: people for whom nothing is ever enough.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2023
The young, underfed Hirschman’s baggy pants and worn leather jacket demonstrate his rebel and refugee status.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
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
We're both exhausted by our hike today and still way too underfed.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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