Crossword clues for underfed
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
Inadequately fed. v
(en-past of: underfeed)
WordNet
adj. not getting adequate food; "gaunt underfed children"; "badly undernourished" [syn: ill-fed, undernourished]
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Usage examples of "underfed".
She is a scrawny, underfed, unattractive spawn of mortal get, a killer of Stormwings.
The underfed horses were sometimes too weak to pull the artillery, and men weakened by fever and shaking with ague often had to substitute for them.
American troops, for too long orphans of the battle, unkempt, underfed and unpaid while Congress rode in carriages and dined at well-laid tables, would not march without pay.
Some had the spirit and beauty of youth, but others looked weary and underfed, the beaten wives of violent and drunken men.
In his capacity of maid, with a basket on his arm, he went out into the little street, where in his shabby clothes he was recognized by none and leaned for a time against the mongrel, underfed tree that was hesitatingly greeting the spring with a few half-hearted leaves.
After struggling so long to have his abilities recognized by his family, her praise and belief in his potential nourished his underfed ego.
To my dark delight, she greeted Mal by kissing him on both cheeks, looking him over, and stating cheerfully that he was the most underfed American she had ever met.
The witch had the underfed look of a girl, though her mahogany skin was laced with fine wrinkles.
It seemed remarkable to a boy like me, underfed and pale, with a small mental vista, that there was something bigger than Brooklyn.
They traveled slowly, for the underfed horses were deadbeat and the road steep and foully muddy.
All told, I was pleased with our accomplishments, considering that we had started out with nothing but a mob of wretched, underfed people without enough sleep.
Kept grossly underfed, pigs and chickens were allowed to run free and were expected to find much of their own food.
I thought about that-they looked more underfed than Lent alone would account for.
He took a step toward the clown, but he skittered away like an underfed mongrel.
To my way of thinking, Brother, they were the most poorly trained, underfed lot of conscripts I have ever had the displeasure of marching with.