Dictionary entry
Undernourishment
Pronunciation: /ˌʌndəˈnʌrɪʃm(ə)nt/
Pronunciation
/ˌʌndəˈnʌrɪʃm(ə)nt/
Myanmar Meaning
အာဟာရချို့တဲ့ခြင်း။
Definition
undernourished / ʌndǝ'nʌrÇʃt / adj အာဟာရခ်ဳိ႕တဲ့ေသာ။ The children grow up severely undernourished. Compare MALNOURISHED ❏ undernourishment /-'nʌrÇʃmǝnt / n [U] အာဟာရခ်ဳိ႕တဲ့ျခင္း။
Examples
- ‘Some people
- he says
- are eating too much meat
- oil and fat
- and parents and grandparents are feeding their children excessively to make up for being undernourished themselves.’
- ‘Chronically undernourished children are far more likely to succumb to disease compared to those children who are of adequate nutrition.’
- ‘Nevertheless
- a soldier must eat a reasonably balanced diet in order to avoid fatigue
- and the diseases which can run rampant through the camps of undernourished troops.’
- ‘As well as being emotionally undernourished
- the children also did not have adequate facilities.’
- ‘She was undernourished and she had never seen by a health visitor or a doctor.’
- ‘This appeared in the national press
- which reported that millions of households were undernourished because they did not have the opportunity to make healthy food choices.’
- ‘Thin
- small built and looking undernourished
- ‘PK’ was ahead of me in Maths but I outscored him in other subjects.’
- ‘The report says one quarter of the region's population are undernourished.’
- ‘They hadn't eaten properly and were undernourished.’
- ‘The students are all undernourished and underweight.’
- ‘He said that low birth weight babies delivered by undernourished mothers are also at a risk of becoming obese later on.’
- ‘She certainly didn't appear undernourished but
- yes
- I did feel immensely sorry for her.’
- ‘Although no one ever starved here
- many were undernourished.’
- ‘She has been a prisoner for years on end
- unloved and constantly undernourished in the midst of appalling squalor.’
- ‘The child grew to become a vibrant but undernourished teenager
- who was very popular in his neighbourhood.’
- ‘You may have to take nutrients or eat foods containing certain vitamins so that you do not become undernourished or underweight.’
- ‘All the prisoners are overworked and undernourished.’
- ‘One in eight patients admitted to the region's hospitals is undernourished and their condition is ignored by doctors and nurses
- according to new research.’
- ‘I hadn't eaten for three days
- and was heavily undernourished.’
- ‘Her mother Anna was undernourished and food was scarce in Czechoslovakia.’