What does undernourished mean?

undernourished means "not getting adequate food".

How many syllables are in undernourished?

undernourished has 4 syllables: un-der-nouri-shed. The stress falls on "nouri". In IPA it is /ˌʌndɚˈnɝɪʃt/.

What is another word for undernourished?

Close synonyms include ill-fed, underfed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is undernourished a common word?

undernourished is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with undernourished?

2 words rhyme with undernourished. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Undernourished — meaning and pronunciation

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
not getting adequate food
“gaunt underfed children”
“badly undernourished”
Synonymsill-fed underfed
Similarmalnourished

Questions about undernourished

What does undernourished mean?: undernourished means "not getting adequate food".
How many syllables are in undernourished?: undernourished has 4 syllables: un-der-nouri-shed. The stress falls on "nouri". In IPA it is /ˌʌndɚˈnɝɪʃt/.
What is another word for undernourished?

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