Wiktionary
vb. (context transitive English) To provide with insufficient nourishment.
WordNet
v. provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment; "The stunted growth of these children shows that they are undernourished" [syn: malnourish]
Usage examples of "undernourish".
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.