as in starving
not eating enough food or not eating enough healthy food; poorly nourished
The malnourished children were slowly nursed back to health.
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The abrupt cutoff of funds has led to a scramble to pay for food for malnourished children in Sudan, health care for refugees from Myanmar, and maternal health services in Yemen.
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Chen Reis, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2025
Investigators further discovered that he had been provided with only minimal amounts of food and water which led to his extremely malnourished condition.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
In Somalia, around 700 malnourished children visited Alight clinics every day for weight check-ins and to pick up special food.
—Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 1 Mar. 2025
His Fox opinion piece promoted the use of vitamin A, which studies have shown is useful in treating measles in malnourished children.
—Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2025
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Chen Reis, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2025
Investigators further discovered that he had been provided with only minimal amounts of food and water which led to his extremely malnourished condition.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
In Somalia, around 700 malnourished children visited Alight clinics every day for weight check-ins and to pick up special food.
—Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 1 Mar. 2025
His Fox opinion piece promoted the use of vitamin A, which studies have shown is useful in treating measles in malnourished children.
—Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2025
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