Usually means: Insufficient intake of necessary nutrients.
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  1. undernourish: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. undernourish: Collins English Dictionary
  3. undernourish: Vocabulary.com
  4. undernourish: Wiktionary
  5. undernourish: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. undernourish: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. undernourish: Dictionary.com
  8. undernourish: Rhymezone
  9. undernourish: FreeDictionary.org
  10. undernourish: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. undernourish: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ verb:  (transitive) To provide with insufficient nourishment.

Similar:
underfed, malnourished, ill-fed, underfurnish, starve, underserve, unprovide, underprovide, underfertilize, underinstruct, more...

Opposite:
nourish, feed, sustain, provide for, fortify

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Similar:
underfed, malnourished, ill-fed, underfurnish, starve, underserve, unprovide, underprovide, underfertilize, underinstruct, more...

Opposite:
nourish, feed, sustain, provide for, fortify



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