Malnourished [adjective]
Definition of Malnourished:
very thin
Synonyms of Malnourished:
● Bony
● Lanky
● Gaunt
● Slender
● Scrawny
● Angular
● Spare
● Lean
● Rawboned
● Lank
● Skeletal
● Twiggy
● Scraggy
Sentence/Example of Malnourished:
In 1946, the National School Lunch Program was launched because many of America’s young men had been too malnourished to serve in the military and commodity prices were dropping rapidly in the postwar economy.
A group of young men spoke of “malnourished socialists” and the Carter-Baker Commission on election reform.
At first, I thought he had a skinny butt because he was malnourished.
While Johnson could be at risk of being underweight, Richard determined, she was not malnourished.