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malnourished

mal nu risht

  • v  provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment
  • a  not being provided with adequate nourishment

  • That means more people will go malnourished.
  • That incident, know as the "big headed babies" scandal because the malnourished children developed swollen heads, touched off domestic demands for greater scrutiny of Chinese .
  • Almost half of all Indian children under five are malnourished.
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  • Tom Lantos in Forbes
    The level of cruelty involved in exploiting animals to the point that 60 malnourished and injured dogs were removed from Mr. Vick's property is mind boggling,Lantos said. "I will view anything less than the strongest repudiation of Mr....
  • Jean Ziegler in International Herald Tribune
    We haven't seen even one malnourished person- a rare feat in much of poverty-stricken Latin America, Ziegler said Tuesday. "The right to being fed is the priority, without a doubt."
  • Ibrahim al-Jaafari in USA Today
    I was informed that there were 173 detainees held at an Interior Ministry prison and they appear to be malnourished. There is also some talk that they were subjected to some kind of torture,al-Jaafari told reporters.

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