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Synonyms for malnourished
mælˈnɜr ɪʃt, -ˈnʌr-mal·nour·ished
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malnourishedadjective
Synonyms:
underfed, undernourishedAntonyms:
well-fedmalnourishedadjective
suffering from malnutrition
Synonyms:
undernourished, underfedAntonyms:
well-fed
Princeton's WordNet
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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I am really alarmed, people gathered in the market place. You could see many were malnourished, starving. They were skinny, tired, severely distressed. There was no smile on anybody's faces. It is not what you seen when you arrive with a convoy. The children I talked to said they had no strength to play.
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.
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.
In northern Ghana, 30 percent of children under five are stunted or chronically malnourished, this not only affects their growth but also their educational development and economic potential, and consequently the future of the country.
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.
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