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misnourished

misnourished adjective: having sufficient food, but lacking the proper nutrients.

Adjective

misnourished (comparative more misnourished, superlative most misnourished)

  1. Having sufficient food, but lacking the proper nutrients.
    • Many who are not hungry are the new misnourished. The misnourished consume too many processed foods and an unbalanced diet.1977, Anne Moyer Halpin, Better Food for Public Places, page 71
    • Nevertheless, as we will show, many American youths are "misnourished."2009, Jay Bhattacharya, Janet Currie, “Youths at Nutrition Risk: Malnourished or Misnourished?”, in Jonathan Gruber, editor, Risky Behavior among Youths: An Economic Analysis, page 483

Examples of misnourished in a sentence

  • While there are sections of the population who are malnourished and misnourished we have made progress, generally speaking.2013, Thomas E. Jordan, Allen J. Edwards, Development in the Preschool Years: Birth to Age Five, page 240:
  • She points out that in the United States, we have many misnourished children; that is, children get enough to eat, but their diets do not provide the necessary nutrients.2016, Rosalind Charlesworth, Understanding Child Development:

Forms of misnourished

comparativemore misnourished
superlativemost misnourished

Origin of misnourished

From mis- + nourished.

Questions about misnourished

What does misnourished mean?
Misnourished means having sufficient food, but lacking the proper nutrients.
How do you use misnourished in a sentence?
While there are sections of the population who are malnourished and misnourished we have made progress, generally speaking.
What part of speech is misnourished?
Misnourished is an adjective.

Words near misnourished in the dictionary

  1. misnotified
  2. misnotifies
  3. misnotify
  4. misnotifying
  5. misnoting
  6. misnourished
  7. misnucleation
  8. misnumber
  9. misnumbered
  10. misnumbering
  11. misnumberings

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