un·der·feed

(ŭn′dər-fēd′)

tr.v. un·der·fed (-fĕd′), un·der·feed·ing, un·der·feeds

1. To feed insufficiently.

2. To supply (an engine) with fuel from the underside.

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underfed

(ˌʌndəˈfɛd)

adj

having been given too little food

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

underfed - not getting adequate food; "gaunt underfed children"; "badly undernourished"

ill-fed, undernourished

malnourished - not being provided with adequate nourishment

Translations

ناقِص التَّغْذِيَه

podvyživený

underernæret

unterernährt

sous-alimenté

alultáplál

vannærîur

denutrito

pusalkanis

izbadējiesnepietiekami ēdis

sultefôret underernært

bakımsızyetersiz beslenmiş

没喂饱的营养不良的

underfed

[ˈʌndəˈfed] ADJ → subalimentado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

underfed

[ˌʌndə^rˈfɛd] adj → sous-alimenté(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

underfed

[ˌʌndəˈfɛd] adj → malnutrito/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

underfed

(andəˈfed) adjective

not given enough to eat. That child looks underfed.

underfed

a. desnutrido-a, mal alimentado-a.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

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Some of those boys came straight from the cornfields with only a summer's wages in their pockets, hung on through the four years, shabby and underfed, and completed the course by really heroic self-sacrifice.

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They had been overworked and underfed so long, and finally some disease had laid them on their backs; or they had cut themselves, and had blood poisoning, or met with some other accident.

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His mind and his body had been alike underfed, because he was poor, and because he was modern they were always craving better food.

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The underfed dogs snapped and growled in the passages, glaring at the cold stars, and snuffing into the bitter wind, night after night.

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Frail and underfed, with the twiggy collar bones against which he nestled his head, she was sole guarantor of good.

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Named Umka, after a cartoon bear, the underfed predator is lame and has little appetite.

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