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adjective
- 1. insufficiently fed or nourished: "a horse that is underfed is likely to be dull and lethargic"
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adjective. uk / ˌʌn.dəˈfed / us / ˌʌn.dɚˈfed / Add to word list. not having had enough food to eat: Weak, underfed patients risk undoing the good medical work carried out on their behalf. A lot of the elephants are underfed and overworked, and become very thin. See also. malnourished. Fewer examples.
: to feed with too little food. Examples of underfeed in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web That court order stems from a legal action that the Southern Center brought against Sheriff Franklin’s predecessor, Greg Bartlett, who had been underfeeding inmates while taking $212,000 in food money for his personal use.
When someone is underfed, they don't get enough to eat. It's worse to give your fish too much food than for her to be underfed, but it's still unkind to let her go hungry. If you're underfed, you don't eat as much food as you need to stay healthy.
adjective. People who are underfed do not get enough food to eat. Kate still looks pale and underfed. ...ill-trained and underfed young soldiers. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency. underfed in British English. (ˌʌndəˈfɛd ) adjective. having been given too little food.
Definition of underfed adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define underfed. underfed synonyms, underfed pronunciation, underfed translation, English dictionary definition of underfed. tr.v. un·der·fed , un·der·feed·ing , un·der·feeds 1. To feed insufficiently. 2. To supply with fuel from the underside. American Heritage® Dictionary of the...
Synonyms for UNDERFED: malnourished, undernourished, starving, hungry, starved, famished, peckish, empty; Antonyms of UNDERFED: satisfied, content, stuffed, full, overfed, glutted, satiated, sated.
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underfed meaning, definition, what is underfed: not given enough food to eat: Learn more.
Underfed definition: Inadequately <a>fed</a>.
