undernourished
ਕੁਪੋਸ਼ਣ
definition
adjective
undernourished children
having insufficient food or other substances for good health and condition.
example
This appeared in the national press, which reported that millions of households were 'undernourished' because they did not have the opportunity to make healthy food choices.
I hadn't eaten for three days, and was heavily 'undernourished' .
She certainly didn't appear 'undernourished' but, yes, I did feel immensely sorry for her.
As well as being emotionally 'undernourished' , the children also did not have adequate facilities.
She was 'undernourished' and she had never seen by a health visitor or a doctor.
Her mother Anna was 'undernourished' and food was scarce in Czechoslovakia.
Nevertheless, a soldier must eat a reasonably balanced diet in order to avoid fatigue, and the diseases which can run rampant through the camps of 'undernourished' troops.
Although no one ever starved here, many were 'undernourished' .
She has been a prisoner for years on end, unloved and constantly 'undernourished' in the midst of appalling squalor.
They hadn't eaten properly and were 'undernourished' .
Chronically 'undernourished' children are far more likely to succumb to disease compared to those children who are of adequate nutrition.
Thin, small built and looking 'undernourished' , ‘PK’ was ahead of me in Maths but I outscored him in other subjects.
You may have to take nutrients or eat foods containing certain vitamins so that you do not become 'undernourished' or underweight.
All the prisoners are overworked and 'undernourished' .
The child grew to become a vibrant but 'undernourished' teenager, who was very popular in his neighbourhood.
The students are all 'undernourished' and underweight.
He said that low birth weight babies delivered by 'undernourished' mothers are also at a risk of becoming obese later on.
Some people, he says, are eating too much meat, oil and fat, and parents and grandparents are feeding their children excessively to make up for being 'undernourished' themselves.
One in eight patients admitted to the region's hospitals is 'undernourished' and their condition is ignored by doctors and nurses, according to new research.
The report says one quarter of the region's population are 'undernourished' .
In the region, 'undernourishment' and malnourishment were common, and the incidence of deficiency diseases reached staggering proportions.
A commonly used indicator of 'undernourishment' is Body Mass Index.
Many deaths are a direct consequence of malnutrition and 'undernourishment' .
Her figure was thin from 'undernourishment' and her complexion a morose sickly gray.
While standards of health improved in general, 'undernourishment' and diseases associated with poverty like cholera and typhoid became a permanent presence.
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