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Synonyms for undernourishment
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uhn-der-nur-isht, -nuhr- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn dərˈnɜr ɪʃt, -ˈnʌr- |
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Définition of undernourishment
Origin :- also under-nourished, 1910, from under + past participle of nourish.
- As in malnutrition : noun poor nutrition
- As in emaciation : noun gauntness
- It was a pretty, young face, but pale and thin from undernourishment.
- Extract from : « Hungry Hearts » by Anzia Yezierska
- Her body was lean, but whether from exercise or undernourishment he couldn't be sure.
- Extract from : « The Happy Man » by Gerald Wilburn Page
- Eating sweets instead of other food is also bad and a cause of undernourishment.
- Extract from : « Food Guide for War Service at Home » by Katharine Blunt, Frances L. Swain, and Florence Powdermaker
- They do not want a postwar America which suffers from undernourishment or slums--or the dole.
- Extract from : « State of the Union Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt » by Franklin D. Roosevelt
- The war used him up, I reckon, and anxiety and undernourishment used up his wife and children.
- Extract from : « One Man in His Time » by Ellen Glasgow
- Premature old age, due to overwork and undernourishment, is on its way to be proceeded against as a record of social neglect.
- Extract from : « The Family and it's Members » by Anna Garlin Spencer
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