undernourished

English

Etymology

under- +‎ nourished

Adjective

undernourished (comparative more undernourished, superlative most undernourished)

1. Provided with insufficient nourishment to sustain proper health and growth.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:scrawny

Translations

insufficiently nourished

• Bulgarian: недохранен (bg) (nedohranen)
• Finnish: aliravittu (fi)
• Galician: desnutrido m, desnutrida f
• German: unterernährt (de)
• Irish: gannchothaithe, tearc-chothaithe
• Italian: denutrito (it)
• Spanish: desnutrido (es)
• Swedish: undernärd (sv)