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Answer for the clue "Hundreds in Europe sadly having no exercise and lacking good food ", 14 letters:
undernourished

Word definitions for undernourished in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Provided with insufficient nourishment to sustain proper health and growth.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. not getting adequate food; "gaunt underfed children"; "badly undernourished" [syn: ill-fed , underfed ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also under-nourished , 1820, from under + past participle of nourish (v.).

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ undernourished children EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A fifth of the world's population is undernourished . ▪ Although he did not appear to be undernourished , he was pale-faced. ▪ During that initial visit, the team found ...

Usage examples of undernourished.

But this was not a controlled environment with monitoring hookups and attendant medics, and she was already seriously undernourished.

From that time on he saw Goi in a different light, because he saw a blubberer, persecuted by a hard life, peeping from the pale and stupid face of the undernourished Goi.

In desperation, the undernourished left the herd, searching for greener pastures, but found only .

He popped to his feet like a jumping jack, a stooped, undernourished, middle-aged man with the damnedest expression of baffled indignation on his face.

He is so undernourished that he can no longer move about, but he cannot die either, so he lies in his casket and dreams of times gone by.

For now the Wamphyri must see to the provisioning of their ravaged and undernourished aeries, whose sustenance roamed on Sunside.

While Ferris looked sturdier than Ditsy, his undernourished bones were fragile.

You, ma'am,' he pointed a finger at Mrs Flawse, 'an undernourished vulture has more patience perched upon an upas tree than you with your squat backside on that bench.