as in starvation
the unhealthy condition that results from not eating enough food or not eating enough healthy food; poor nutrition
a program to help poor children suffering from malnutrition
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Recent Examples of malnutrition
One million children not treated annually for severe acute malnutrition.
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
This life-saving peanut paste is given to children suffering severe malnutrition.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
The aid disruptions have now reportedly halted research at land grant universities in at least 13 states focused on fighting hunger and malnutrition.
—Jennifer Lotito, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Police said the infant’s cause of death was determined to be complications of medical and nutritional neglect with necrotizing appendicitis and chronic malnutrition.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2025
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
This life-saving peanut paste is given to children suffering severe malnutrition.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
The aid disruptions have now reportedly halted research at land grant universities in at least 13 states focused on fighting hunger and malnutrition.
—Jennifer Lotito, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Police said the infant’s cause of death was determined to be complications of medical and nutritional neglect with necrotizing appendicitis and chronic malnutrition.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for malnutrition
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“Malnutrition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malnutrition. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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