Explore Malnourished through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like underfed or undernourished. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Malnourished meaning
Suffering from malnutrition.
Synonyms of Malnourished
Using Malnourished
- The main meaning on this page is: Suffering from malnutrition.
- Useful related words include: foodless, ill-fed, underfed, undernourished.
- In the example corpus, malnourished often appears in combinations such as: malnourished and, malnourished children, and malnourished.
Context around Malnourished
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 15 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Malnourished
- In this selection, "malnourished" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, severely, food, left, children, starving and peacock stand out and add context to how "malnourished" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and became malnourished and as being malnourished if they. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "malnourished" sits close to words such as adopters, airfields and allowable, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with malnourished
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This put people at risk of being malnourished. (8 words)
The shelter says she is dangerously malnourished and weighs just 23 pounds. (12 words)
He returned a couple of months later malnourished and with his head shaved. (13 words)
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence defines a person as being malnourished if they have a body mass index (BMI) of less than 18.5; or unintentional greater than 10 per cent within the past three to six months. (41 words)
The Wealthy Vineyard Corp (aka TWV) just produced an App that can detect when a plant is malnourished and prescribes what nutrient should be given to the plant, and in what dosage, so as to revive the plant. (38 words)
The show debuted in 2021 on Comcast’s consistently malnourished Peacock, but after two seasons, it never quite found purchase there, despite strong critical reviews and a comedy-writing Emmy nomination for creator Meredith Scardino. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
A Wolverhampton animal rescue has saved four emaciated kittens from a garden, one of whom was so malnourished that his bowel had prolapsed - after several dead kittens were seen around the property.
Hazel and Holly arrived at the Oakland Zoo separately but both were malnourished, starving, and in dire need of medical care without P-22 to feed them.
He returned a couple of months later malnourished and with his head shaved.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): As per official data, the number of severely malnourished children in the district has witnessed a significant drop.
It was likely raised for food, malnourished and ‘barely older than a baby’, Wild Bird Fund wrote.
Prosecutors said that the children were severely malnourished and one had signs of physical abuse.
Puppy Cedar was left 'malnourished' after he moved to a new home in December 2022.
She knew several child-bearing women in her locality were malnourished and couldn’t afford a balanced diet.
She said, “We are handing over these SAM kits to provide treatment to severely malnourished children suffering from medical complications, in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states.
She says many parents have embraced the weekly distribution that has eliminated off-pocket payments and malnourished children now get constant feedback.
The affidavit for the search warrant also says that the boy’s 10-year-old sibling was also determined to be malnourished by medics.
The baby is currently admitted at the Lapu-Lapu City Hospital for treatment after they found out that it was malnourished.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence defines a person as being malnourished if they have a body mass index (BMI) of less than 18.5; or unintentional greater than 10 per cent within the past three to six months.
The shelter says she is dangerously malnourished and weighs just 23 pounds.
The show debuted in 2021 on Comcast’s consistently malnourished Peacock, but after two seasons, it never quite found purchase there, despite strong critical reviews and a comedy-writing Emmy nomination for creator Meredith Scardino.
The Wealthy Vineyard Corp (aka TWV) just produced an App that can detect when a plant is malnourished and prescribes what nutrient should be given to the plant, and in what dosage, so as to revive the plant.
They’re often very scared, abused, malnourished, wary of authorities due to the extreme nature of their ordeal.
This put people at risk of being malnourished.
Upon admission, the veterinary team discovered the pup was dehydrated and malnourished, with signs of an unknown infection in her bloodwork.
When Faith Johnson, a 22-year-old Las Vegas student, was unable to get IV multivitamins, she tried crushing vitamin pills and swallowing the powder, but couldn't keep the substance down and became malnourished.
Common combinations with malnourished
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: