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UNDERNOURISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does undernourish mean? 

UNDERNOURISH (verb)
  The verb UNDERNOURISH has 1 sense:

1. provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishmentplay

  Familiarity information: UNDERNOURISH used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNDERNOURISH (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they undernourish  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it undernourishes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: undernourished  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: undernourished  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: undernourishing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

malnourish; undernourish

Context example:

The stunted growth of these children shows that they are undernourished

Hypernyms (to "undernourish" is one way to...):

feed; give (give food to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

undernourishment (not having enough food to develop or function normally)


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