Malnourish (Verb)
Meaning
Provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment; "The stunted growth of these children shows that they are undernourished".
Classification
Verbs of eating and drinking.
Examples
- The lack of medical aid and nutritious food in the war-torn country has led to the people being malnourished and vulnerable to diseases.
- The orphanage, due to the dire circumstances, was forced to provide the children with poor quality of meals which will ultimately malnourish them.
- Malnutrition in the child often goes unnoticed as parents are unaware that certain diets can malnourish a child.
- Children from lower-class families are sometimes malnourished as they have an inadequate supply of vitamins and essential minerals.
- The famine struck land's meager resources would eventually malnourish the inhabitants who are in dire need of a well-planned relief operation.