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undernourish

undernourish verb: to provide with insufficient nourishment.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To provide with insufficient nourishment.

Forms of undernourish

third-person singular presentundernourishes
present participleundernourishing
past participleundernourished
pastundernourished

Origin of undernourish

From under- + nourish.

Questions about undernourish

What does undernourish mean?
Undernourish means to provide with insufficient nourishment.
What part of speech is undernourish?
Undernourish is a verb.
What is the past tense of undernourish?
The past tense of undernourish is undernourished.

Words near undernourish in the dictionary

  1. undernose
  2. undernote
  3. undernoted
  4. undernotes
  5. undernotification
  6. undernourish
  7. undernourished
  8. undernourishes
  9. undernourishing
  10. undernourishment
  11. underntide

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