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

The young, underfed Hirschman’s baggy pants and worn leather jacket demonstrate his rebel and refugee status.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2023

A few of the men led underfed donkeys that towed rickety carts loaded with supplies.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee