malnourished
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My cousin Qiaolian once told me about the day she first met me: I was a malnourished, dusty and snotty infant, not even a full year old, wrapped in a dirty blanket and kept hidden.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Anne said her daughter had "lost half her body weight" and showed "all the symptoms of being malnourished".
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
At Banissa's main hospital, an influx of severely malnourished children -- some arriving from neighbouring Ethiopia -- has overwhelmed the paediatric ward.
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 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
Weak, malnourished, and sleep-deprived, I wasn't much help to the Nazi war effort, but Schindler didn't seem to care.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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