Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To provide with insufficient quantity or quality of nourishment to sustain proper health and growth.

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  • verb transitive To provide with insufficient nourishment.

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  • verb provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment

Etymologies

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under- +‎ nourish

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Examples

  • The human community and individual people are more likely to hurt or undernourish children they think of as “bodies” to be used.

    The Wonder of Children Michael Gurian 2002

  • The human community and individual people are more likely to hurt or undernourish children they think of as “bodies” to be used.

    The Wonder of Children Michael Gurian 2002

  • Without protest, and without notice until too late, teachers often neglect their own health at home and at school, -- recklessly overwork, undersleep, and undernourish; ruin their eyes, their digestion, and their nerves.

    Civics and Health William H. Allen

  • So two months before the age of two the mother begins to undernourish the child so that it stays on the list of those that receive food complements. '

    Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo 2009

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