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food insecurity

food insecurity noun: a lack of food security.

Noun

food insecurity (uncountable)

  1. A lack of food security.

Questions about food insecurity

What does food insecurity mean?
Food insecurity means a lack of food security.
What part of speech is food insecurity?
Food insecurity is a noun.

Words near food insecurity in the dictionary

  1. food frauds
  2. food garden
  3. food gardens
  4. food hall
  5. food halls
  6. food insecurity
  7. food intolerance
  8. food intolerances
  9. food line
  10. food literacies
  11. food literacy

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