How do you use Underfed in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like undernourished or malnourished, plus the exact meaning.
Underfed in a sentence
Underfed meaning
Inadequately fed.
Synonyms of Underfed
Using Underfed
- The main meaning on this page is: Inadequately fed.
- Useful related words include: ill-fed, undernourished, malnourished.
- In the example corpus, underfed often appears in combinations such as: underfed and.
Context around Underfed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Underfed
- In this selection, "underfed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, incarcerated, deliberately, intellectually, companions and throughout stand out and add context to how "underfed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and an underfed and undereducated and are not underfed they receive. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "underfed" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with underfed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Hunger has been in decline: in 2006 the number of overweight people exceeded those who were underfed. (17 words)
The pet deer in Nara are not underfed, they receive fodder and care by the city government. (17 words)
Haydn was short in stature, perhaps as a result of having been underfed throughout most of his youth. (18 words)
When unfavourable agro-climatic conditions are combined with an absence of infrastructure and access to markets, as well as poorly adapted production techniques and an underfed and undereducated population, most such zones are excluded from development. (36 words)
Two of the lions, Mojito and Timothy, were saved from Circus Wonderland where bosses at Port Lympne say they were deliberately underfed to keep them weak and small enough to use for photoshoots. (33 words)
Neither the performances nor the clever set by Kristen Robinson and spot-on costumes by Kenisha Kelly are enough, though: “Balls” is as intellectually underfed as it is imaginatively overindulgent. (30 words)
Example sentences (10)
Jabareen said that some of the prisoners appeared to be bound while incarcerated, underfed, and held in overcrowded conditions.
Hunger has been in decline: in 2006 the number of overweight people exceeded those who were underfed.
Several bats, particularly those in the pairs, began grooming one another more over time, and in some cases, this eventually led to sharing blood with underfed companions.
The pet deer in Nara are not underfed, they receive fodder and care by the city government.
Two of the lions, Mojito and Timothy, were saved from Circus Wonderland where bosses at Port Lympne say they were deliberately underfed to keep them weak and small enough to use for photoshoots.
Neither the performances nor the clever set by Kristen Robinson and spot-on costumes by Kenisha Kelly are enough, though: “Balls” is as intellectually underfed as it is imaginatively overindulgent.
She was so underfed that officers thought she was only 10, and they mistook her seven adult siblings for children.
Almost all of them were sent to POW camps in Siberia or Central Asia where, due to being chronically underfed by their Soviet captors, many resorted to cannibalism.
Haydn was short in stature, perhaps as a result of having been underfed throughout most of his youth.
When unfavourable agro-climatic conditions are combined with an absence of infrastructure and access to markets, as well as poorly adapted production techniques and an underfed and undereducated population, most such zones are excluded from development.
Common combinations with underfed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: