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underfed

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verb

past tense of underfeed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for underfed
Adjective
  • New Jersey police have arrested a woman accused of placing a malnourished and injured dog in a trash bag and leaving it in a dumpster outside her apartment complex in Lindenwold.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
  • She had been critically injured in an animal attack and was seriously malnourished at the time of her rescue.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Adjective
  • Officers from the Polk County Animal Cruelty Investigations Unit in Florida received a tip that two undernourished horses were seen on a farm in Lake Wales, according to a press release.
    Rachel Flynn, People.com, 7 June 2025
  • Season 49 and 50 are filming back to back, so these two will be particularly undernourished out there.
    Ben Rosenstock, Time, 29 May 2025
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“Underfed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underfed. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.

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