Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misnourished

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-nour-ished
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having sufficient food, but lacking the proper nutrients.

Example Sentences

"Many who are not hungry are the new misnourished. The misnourished consume too many processed foods and an unbalanced diet."
"Nevertheless, as we will show, many American youths are "misnourished.""
"While there are sections of the population who are malnourished and misnourished we have made progress, generally speaking."
"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."

Etymology

From mis- + nourished.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

more misnourished (comparative) most misnourished (superlative)

Questions

What does misnourished mean?: Having sufficient food, but lacking the proper nutrients.
Where does misnourished come from?: From mis- + nourished.

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