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Meanings of
underfed
in English
Not getting adequate food.
undernourished
ill-fed
Related terms
malnourished
Synonyms
Examples for "
undernourished
"
undernourished
ill-fed
Examples for "
undernourished
"
1
They control ideology by advertising-tells about effects of advertising on the
undernourished
.
2
And a larger proportion of India's children are
undernourished
than in Africa.
3
I mentioned that the Sisters running the place looked exhausted and
undernourished
.
4
They were
undernourished
,
the government realized, and needed to be fattened up.
5
His shape was that of a very young man but one
undernourished
.
1
Oh, how she could bow, that woman-theeloquence of her
ill-fed
form!
2
An
ill
-
fed
animal breaks down in the fulfilment of its task.
3
An
ill
-
fed
clerk and a dirty barman standing in the doorway laughed aloud.
4
An
ill
-
fed
brain learns no lessons, and is excusable if peevish.
5
The entire band appeared scruffy,
ill
-
fed
,
and lacking in any discipline.
Usage of
underfed
in English
1
We're both exhausted by our hike today and still way too
underfed
.
2
And the prisoners did not seem to us either overworked or
underfed
.
3
The birth-rate of the
underfed
and profoundly depressed population is about 15.
4
Who in the village had a mite that size, small and
underfed
?
5
He was not
underfed
any more than he was underexercised or asphyxiated.
6
Pale, this one, and
underfed
,
as are all those her mistress hunts.
7
More like a thin and
underfed
waif than the Maid of Myna.
8
The Rangers were just a dirty, ill-clad,
underfed
squad of irregulars anyway.
9
All were in dire physical condition, not necessarily
underfed
,
but unhealthy.
10
The walls were decorated with crude purple crayons of
underfed
sirens.
11
You cannot imagine what alcohol was to an
underfed
poor woman.
12
Akinleye, undersized and
underfed
,
stared at me wildly when I came to visit.
13
It looked
underfed
,
but its golden eyes held a soulful light.
14
She definitely wasn't
underfed
anymore and, in fact, felt as solid as a brick.
15
He has been lonely and
underfed
,
and at the first there was considerable pain.
16
It isn't just that we've been
underfed
and lack training.
Other examples for "underfed"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
underfed
underf
Verb
Indicative · Past Indefinite
Adjective
Frequent collocations
too underfed
underfed children
dangerously underfed
underfed moustache
alike underfed
More collocations
Underfed
through the time
Underfed
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common