malnourished
/ˌmælˈnʌrɪʃt/adjective
उच्चारण मैल्नरिश्ट
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adjective
- 1
in bad health because of not having enough food or not eating the right kind of food
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- Many of the children in the village were malnourished.
- Anganwadi workers keep a record of malnourished children under six.
- Radhika's project on school meals helped dozens of malnourished pupils gain weight.
Synonyms undernourished underfed starving
Opposite well nourished well fed
◇Word family
malnutrition noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms
§Grammar and usage
Usage: malnourished can describe people who eat too little and also people who eat enough but not the right food.
Malnourished उन लोगों के लिए भी प्रयोग होता है जो बहुत कम खाते हैं और उनके लिए भी जो पर्याप्त तो खाते हैं पर सही भोजन नहीं खाते।
⌂Word origin and word building
From the prefix mal- meaning 'badly', as in malnutrition, malpractice and malfunction.
यह prefix mal- ('बुरी तरह') से बना है, जैसे malnutrition, malpractice और malfunction में।