underfed

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér

Proto-Indo-European *h₂én

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi

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Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí

Proto-Indo-European *-ér

Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér

Proto-Germanic *under

Proto-West Germanic *undar

Old English under-

Middle English under-

English under-

English fed

English underfed

From under- + fed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʌndəɹˈfɛd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

underfed (comparative more underfed, superlative most underfed)

1. Inadequately fed.
   • 1969, Allen V. Ross, Vice in Bombay, London: Tallis Press, page 160:

     [B]ut greater Bombay almost doubles the number of overworked, underhoused and underfed citizens.

Coordinate terms

• unfed

Verb

underfed

1. simple past and past participle of underfeed

Anagrams

• refunded