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malnourishment

/ˌmælˈnʌrɪʃmənt/noun

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    [U]

    a poor condition of health caused by not having enough food or by eating food that does not contain the right things

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    • Many children in the area suffer from malnourishment.
    • Malnourishment weakens the body's defences against disease.

    Synonyms malnutrition undernourishment undernutrition

    Opposite good health nourishment

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malnourished adjective
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Usage: malnutrition is far more common than malnourishment, though both mean the same.

Malnutrition शब्द malnourishment से कहीं अधिक प्रचलित है, हालाँकि दोनों का अर्थ एक ही है।