Dictionary entry

Undernourished

Pronunciation: /ʌndəˈnʌrɪʃt/

Pronunciation

/ʌndəˈnʌrɪʃt/

Myanmar Meaning

အာဟာရ မလုံလောက်သော။

Definition

undernourished / ʌndǝ'nʌrÇʃt / adj အာဟာရခ်ဳိ႕တဲ့ေသာ။ The children grow up severely undernourished. Compare MALNOURISHED ❏ undernourishment /-'nʌrÇʃmǝnt / n [U] အာဟာရခ်ဳိ႕တဲ့ျခင္း။

Examples

  1. ‘Some people
  2. he says
  3. are eating too much meat
  4. oil and fat
  5. and parents and grandparents are feeding their children excessively to make up for being undernourished themselves.’
  6. ‘Chronically undernourished children are far more likely to succumb to disease compared to those children who are of adequate nutrition.’
  7. ‘Nevertheless
  8. a soldier must eat a reasonably balanced diet in order to avoid fatigue
  9. and the diseases which can run rampant through the camps of undernourished troops.’
  10. ‘As well as being emotionally undernourished
  11. the children also did not have adequate facilities.’
  12. ‘She was undernourished and she had never seen by a health visitor or a doctor.’
  13. ‘This appeared in the national press
  14. which reported that millions of households were undernourished because they did not have the opportunity to make healthy food choices.’
  15. ‘Thin
  16. small built and looking undernourished
  17. ‘PK’ was ahead of me in Maths but I outscored him in other subjects.’
  18. ‘The report says one quarter of the region's population are undernourished.’
  19. ‘They hadn't eaten properly and were undernourished.’
  20. ‘The students are all undernourished and underweight.’
  21. ‘He said that low birth weight babies delivered by undernourished mothers are also at a risk of becoming obese later on.’
  22. ‘She certainly didn't appear undernourished but
  23. yes
  24. I did feel immensely sorry for her.’
  25. ‘Although no one ever starved here
  26. many were undernourished.’
  27. ‘She has been a prisoner for years on end
  28. unloved and constantly undernourished in the midst of appalling squalor.’
  29. ‘The child grew to become a vibrant but undernourished teenager
  30. who was very popular in his neighbourhood.’
  31. ‘You may have to take nutrients or eat foods containing certain vitamins so that you do not become undernourished or underweight.’
  32. ‘All the prisoners are overworked and undernourished.’
  33. ‘One in eight patients admitted to the region's hospitals is undernourished and their condition is ignored by doctors and nurses
  34. according to new research.’
  35. ‘I hadn't eaten for three days
  36. and was heavily undernourished.’
  37. ‘Her mother Anna was undernourished and food was scarce in Czechoslovakia.’