Synonyms for malnourished
mælˈnɜr ɪʃt, -ˈnʌr-mal·nour·ished

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1. malnourishedadjective

   Synonyms:
   underfed, undernourished

   Antonyms:
   well-fed

2. malnourishedadjective

   suffering from malnutrition

   Synonyms:
   undernourished, underfed

   Antonyms:
   well-fed

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1. malnourishedadjective

   not being provided with adequate nourishment

   Antonyms:
   corn-fed, overfed, well-nourished, nourished, replete(p), full, stall-fed, well-fed

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1. List of paraphrases for "malnourished":

   undernourished, underfed

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1. Central American:

   When we receive them on the Panamanian side, they're malnourished. The children are in terrible condition, so even getting them up to a healthy state takes time.

2. Zurenko Family:

   Because it's worse than having no gas, at least if you have no gas, you just sit at home. If you don't have formula — babies are going to die or be malnourished.

3. Adan Shariff Gabow:

   They fell down, malnourished, and we understand they were then set on by the animals.

4. Vaagn Andikyan:

   When I first walked into the examination room, I found this 38-year-old malnourished patient with a weight of 350 pounds and extensive tumor that was about 100 centimeters [ 39 inches ] large. I saw fear in the patient's eyes. She was so hopeless, because she had seen several other doctors, and they were unable to help her, her legs were so swollen that she was unable to walk. I've seen leg swelling, but I've never seen leg swelling of this magnitude.

5. Roxanne Sukol:

   The big problem is that we've been told that we can nourish ourselves with these ultraprocessed foods, and we cannot. They don't nourish us. That's why I believe that obesity is (at least in part) a malnourished state, as opposed to the standard message being propagated in our society, which is that obesity is an overindulged state, but if that were true, then diets would work.