Meaning

1 senses

  1. To provide with insufficient nourishment.

    provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment

Examples

1 sentences

  1. I found him undernourished and emaciated.

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Origin

From under- + nourish.

From under- + nourish.

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Forms

undernourishes, undernourishing, undernourished, undernourished
Base formundernourish · to undernourish
3rd person singularundernourishes
Present participleundernourishing
Past simpleundernourished
Past participleundernourished

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyundernourish
he, she, itundernourishes

Past simpleLesson

all personsundernourished

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave undernourished
he, she, ithas undernourished

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill undernourish

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment:malnourish

Word family

1 related words
Relatedundernourishment

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
underneathB2underpantsB1underpassunderpayunderpin
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