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malnourished

[mal-nur-isht, -nuhr-] / mælˈnɜr ɪʃt, -ˈnʌr- /




ADJECTIVE
undersized
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Outside the capital city, North Korea remains poor, with nearly half of its 26 million residents malnourished, according to a U.N. report.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

"About 1.3 million children are moderately malnourished, 700,000 suffer from acute malnutrition and 900,000 mothers are moderately to severely malnourished," ministry spokesman Sharafat Zaman told AFP.

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

It comes as the BBC has found that soaring numbers of people are arriving at hospital either malnourished or with nutrient deficiencies.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

Otto had grown a layer of soft black down, and his swollen malnourished belly had shrunk.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer




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