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Not having enough food to develop or function formally
Answer for the clue "Not having enough food to develop or function formally ", 16 letters:
undernourishment
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Insufficient nourishment 2 The condition of being undernourished
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. not having enough food to develop or function formally [syn: malnourishment ]
Usage examples of undernourishment.
Even mild undernourishment, the kind most common among poor people in America, can do it.
They were of his own race, though usually lighter-complexioned, sometimes blond, and might have been taller than him had not undernourishment stunted growth.
As well as suffering from undernourishment or exposure, conditions which are treatable, they displayed symptoms of respiratory distress associated with elevated temperature, or a wasting disease affecting the peripheral vascular and nervous systems.