UNDERNOURISH

undernourish, malnourish

(verb) provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment; “The stunted growth of these children shows that they are undernourished”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

undernourish (third-person singular simple present undernourishes, present participle undernourishing, simple past and past participle undernourished)

(transitive) To provide with insufficient nourishment.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

30 June 2024

CONCERN

(noun) a feeling of sympathy for someone or something; “She felt strong concern for those less fortunate”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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