malnourished
/mælnˈɝɪʃt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of malnourish
Example Sentences
- "Thus, leucine is already being seen as a pharmaconutrient of great relevance for the supplementary feeding of malnourished and frail elderly and for specific subpopulations."
- "Autopsy results revealed that Braydon was generally malnourished and thin. His cause of death was hyperthermia due to the extreme heat, which would have “caused extreme discomfort and difficulty breathing as he died.”"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)molos? Proto-Italic *malos Archaic Latin malos Latin malus Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- English nourished English malnourished From mal- + nourished.
Inflected Forms
more malnourished (comparative)
most malnourished (superlative)