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

I flicked through the document, which includes suggestions that participants were "underfed and overtired".

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2024

Both movies ridicule aristocrats who are underfed yet over-sated: people for whom nothing is ever enough.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 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

Collecting anything more than that would have required a second trip and when you’re tired and underfed, two miles cross-country feels like more than enough.

From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff