malnourished
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malnourished
Insufficiently nourished due to a prolonged or severe lack of food and therefore physically weakened or not developing normally.
Das unterernährte Kind wurde in ein Krankenhaus gebracht.
The malnourished child was taken to a hospital.
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'Unterernährt' (malnourished) consists of 'unter-' and 'ernährt' (nourished). The prefix 'unter-' indicates a degree that is too low here; 'ernährt' refers to being provided with food.
Nach der langen Dürre wurden mehrere unterernährte Tiere gefunden.
After the long drought, several malnourished animals were found.
'Unterernährt' (malnourished) is often used with intensifiers or time expressions such as 'stark' (severely) and 'chronisch' (chronically). Typical collocations also include 'unterernährte Kinder' (malnourished children), 'unterernährte Patienten' (malnourished patients), and 'unterernährt sein' (to be malnourished).
Viele Kinder in der Region sind chronisch unterernährt.
Many children in the region are chronically malnourished.
The word is used particularly in medical, humanitarian, and journalistic texts. It describes people or animals and often appears in reports about care, diseases, or crises.
Der Bericht erklärt, wie unterernährte Patienten medizinisch versorgt werden.
The report explains how malnourished patients are provided with medical care.
