underfed
Example Sentences
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She and other relatives say the men weren’t plotting a coup but raising concerns about issues such as underfed soldiers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
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
A few of the men led underfed donkeys that towed rickety carts loaded with supplies.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
