underfed

Example Sentences

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The author observes that “workers under the OT generally suffered the worst possible conditions because the agency specialized in construction,” which meant laboring outside in extreme weather, even while sick, underfed and exhausted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

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

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

It proved to be a bony, underfed, and dispirited animal; but it did not look like dying just yet.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien