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
Others were dehydrated, underfed, injured or living in poor conditions, including one building that did not have air conditioning.
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
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
"Currently most underfed children are using the stored reserves in the body, but a continued nutrition insufficiency would have long term impact."
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2022
Then at the others, the underfed, the incompetent, shakily having their first lessons with a knife or an ax.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
