malnourished

Example Sentences

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"I became very malnourished and I got anaemia - Peter said I aged 20 years when I next saw him," she said.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

"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

You had to open the leaflet to do so—and on the inside you learn that one of the malnourished children the charity seeks to help could pass a whole arm though a hole that size.*

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith