Usually means: Not receiving sufficient nutritional intake.
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  1. underfed: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. underfed: Merriam-Webster
  3. underfed: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. underfed: Collins English Dictionary
  5. underfed: Vocabulary.com
  6. underfed: Wordnik
  7. underfed: Wiktionary
  8. underfed: Dictionary.com
  9. underfed: Rhymezone
  10. underfed: FreeDictionary.org
  11. underfed: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. underfed: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. underfed: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Inadequately fed.

Similar:
undernourished, malnourished, ill-fed, misnourished, starved, understuffed, underfurnished, poor, inanitiated, short, more...

Opposite:
well-nourished, well-fed, satiated, nourished, satisfied

Types:
anorexic, bulimic, overweight, obese, more...

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Similar:
undernourished, malnourished, ill-fed, misnourished, starved, understuffed, underfurnished, poor, inanitiated, short, more...

Opposite:
well-nourished, well-fed, satiated, nourished, satisfied

Types:
anorexic, bulimic, overweight, obese, more...



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