malnourished
Example Sentences
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"Our goal is to reach all patients... and help all malnourished women and children," Zaman said.
From Barron's • Jan. 17, 2026
That’s when so much critical development takes place, and children who are malnourished can never make up the loss.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 24, 2025
The boy was fifteen, skinny, almost malnourished, so that the hip bones and coccyx stood out sharply.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
The exceptions may be for certain groups, including the severely malnourished, the elderly, women going through menopause, and people with chronic inflammatory conditions.
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025
Soiled and subdued, she looked like a small malnourished relative of my previous sister.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
