Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not fed; not supplied with food; not nourished or sustained.
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- adjective not
fed - adjective
unsupported
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not given support
- adjective not fed
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Examples
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Now, the recipe calls for the starter to be "unfed" but I think if you are like me and you have a dormant starter i.e. a starter that hasn't been baked with in a while You will want to feed it at least once before using it just to wake it up.
Bread Baking Babes - Pane Francese Sara 2009
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I hope that no man has to toil for bread, no child sleeps unfed and no woman is coerced in bed.
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At last we were permitted to enter the feasting hall, where we found the "ticket men" washed but unfed.
THE PEG 2010
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Keeping an eye out for unfed, ill or poorly clothed children, teachers consult Masitla, who then goes home with the child to discuss the issues with the family.
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Homeless children may be needy emotionally and due to lack of access to bathtubs or showers and little food, they may be unclean and unfed.
Matthew Lynch, Ed.D.: Educating and Nurturing Homeless Students Ed.D. Matthew Lynch 2011
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In their unfed condition, and often too ill to work - in the opinion of the Senior Medical Officer of the POWs, the trials of this tunnel alone brought extreme suffering to the men.
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Still the men went unfed, unpaid, and short of ammunition and tools.10
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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Tobin, filthy, falls asleep at his desk, unwashed and unfed for days.
schoolyard soccer James Claffey 2011
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“They want to maintain an attitude,” she charged, “that keeps women unhealthy, unfed, uneducated, and this is something that results all too often in violence against these young women.”
Live Blog: Clinton’s Confirmation Hearing - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Homeless children may be needy emotionally and due to lack of access to bathtubs or showers and little food, they may be unclean and unfed.
Matthew Lynch, Ed.D.: Educating and Nurturing Homeless Students Ed.D. Matthew Lynch 2011
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