underfeeding

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un·der·feed (

r-f

)

tr.v. un·der·fed (-f

), 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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underfeeding [ˈʌndəˈfiːdɪŋ] N → subalimentación f

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undernourished
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But they hastened it by overfeeding, bringing the day nearer when underfeeding would commence.

The Call of the Wild by London, Jack View in context

For want of proper precautions, his coal-mines filled with water: the government flung his contract of damaged beef upon his hands: and for his coach-horses, every mail proprietor in the kingdom knew that he lost more horses than any man in the country, from underfeeding and buying cheap.

Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context

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