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underfed

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un·der·feed  (ndr-fd)
tr.v. un·der·fed (-fd), un·der·feed·ing, un·der·feeds
1. To feed insufficiently.
2. To supply (an engine) with fuel from the underside.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.underfedunderfed - not getting adequate food; "gaunt underfed children"; "badly undernourished"
malnourished - not being provided with adequate nourishment
Translations
underfed [ˈʌndəˈfed] ADJsubalimentado

underfed [ˌʌndərˈfɛd] adjsous-alimenté(e)

underfed [ˌʌndəˈfɛd] adjmalnutrito/a
underfed [ˌʌndəˈfɛd] adjmalnutrito/a

underfed
adj underfed [andəˈfed]
not given enough to eat That child looks underfed. ondervoed ناقِص التَّغْذِيَه недохранен podvyživený underernæret unterernährt υποσιτισμένος desnutrido alatoidetud گرسنگی کشیده aliravittu sous-alimenté מוּרעָב अल्पपोषित pothranjen alultáplál vannærður denutrito 栄養不良の 음식이 불충분한 išbadėjęs, pusalkanis nepietiekami ēdis; izbadējies kurang makan ondervoed underernært, sultefôret niedożywiony subalimentado subalimentat недокормленный podvyživený podhranjen neuhranjen undernärd, svältfödd ซึ่งได้อาหารไม่พอ yetersiz beslenmiş, bakımsız 沒吃飽的, 營養不良的 той, що недоїдає ضرورت سے کم کھانا پانے والا thiếu, đói ăn ,


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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.
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.
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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