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Meanings of insufficient food in English

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Usage of insufficient food in English
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Famine is the horizon of the Indian villager; insufficient food is the foreground.
Twenty-One Days in India, or, the Tour Of Sir Ali Baba K.C.B.; a...
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Consistent poverty indicates some element of deprivation, such as insufficient food or clothing.
The Irish Times
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The man across from him was wasted away from insufficient food.
Lo, Michael!
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Among such may be enumerated insufficient food, inadequate clothing, imperfect shelter.
History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
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He noted the insufficient food, the thin clothing, the wan cheeks, the languid tread.
Hetty Wesley
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Too long he had lived on insufficient food and sat over the debilitating desk.
New Grub Street
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Avoid the Three Insufficiencies-that is to say, insufficient clothes, insufficient food, and insufficient sleep.
The Religion of the Samurai / A Study of Zen Philosophy and Disc...
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Owing to our insufficient food, our strength had greatly diminished.
Across Unknown South America
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Sometimes the long hours on insufficient food were hard to bear, but Boxer never faltered.
Animal Farm
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Some, especially among the women and children, died from cold and exposure and insufficient food.
The United Empire Loyalists : A Chronicle of the Great Migration
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The disease is generally brought on by insufficient food.
Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom
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Bad and insufficient food had played havoc with them.
No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee
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I was weakened, too, by insufficient food, for I knew I must economise my resources.
The Tale Of Mr. Peter Brown - Chelsea Justice / From "The New De...
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Could those pale and hollow cheeks mean insufficient food?
How It All Came Round
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The unnatural life, like rats in a hole, the nerve-strain, the insufficient food, the scanty clothing.
"Over There" with the Australians
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There's insufficient food, the water and sanitation situation is compromised, the health situation also we're concerned about.
Radio NZ
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