Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undernutrition

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-nu-tri-tion
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Inadequate nutrition, either due to a lack of food, or to the inability of the body to absorb its nutrients.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Researchers exploring paleosyndemics […] offer new ways to interpret co-occurring diseases such as leprosy and plague epidemics in medieval Europe, or the relationship between mal- or undernutrition and infectious disease, or socio-economic oppression and chronic disease."

Etymology

From under- + nutrition.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

malnutrition

Antonyms

overnutrition

Questions

What does undernutrition mean?: Inadequate nutrition, either due to a lack of food, or to the inability of the body to absorb its nutrients.
Where does undernutrition come from?: From under- + nutrition.

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