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malnourish

/mælnˈɝɪʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mal-nour-ish
IPA
/mælnˈɝɪʃ/
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From mal- + nourish.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

malnourishes (present, singular) malnourishing (participle, present) malnourished (participle, past) malnourished (past)

Synonyms

undernourish

Rhymes With

flourish nourish undernourish berish

Questions

How do you pronounce malnourish?
The recorded pronunciation is /mælnˈɝɪʃ/.
What does malnourish mean?
To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
Where does malnourish come from?
From mal- + nourish.

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