malnourishes
Deprives of nutrients
Malnourishes means causes to receive inadequate or unbalanced nutrition.
The word appears in discussions of poverty, neglect, or systemic failures: A diet of processed food malnourishes the body.
Figuratively, anything essential can be malnourished: Social isolation malnourishes the soul.
Need for nourishment
- famineSevere food shortage
- emaciationExtreme bodily thinness
- underfedLacking adequate food
- cachexiaSevere illness-induced wasting
inanition · gauntness · wasting · atrophy · skeletal · food insecurity · chronic hunger · starving
Insufficient food consumption
- deficiencyLack of something needed
- anemiaRed cell deficiency
- scurvyVitamin C deficiency disease
- beriberiVitamin B1 deficiency disease
pellagra · rickets · malabsorption · osteoporosis · dehydration · protein deficiency · iron deficiency · calcium deficiency
Incomplete physical development
- failure to thriveInadequate childhood growth diagnosis
- underdevelopmentInadequate economic or social progress
- developmental delaySlower-than-typical milestone achievement
- short statureBelow-average body height
Extremely lacking in money
- food desertZone lacking affordable groceries
- food insecurityUncertain access to adequate meals
- underprivilegedLacking usual social advantages
- destituteUtterly without means
subsistence · scarcity · inequality · hardship · slums · indigence · resource scarcity
State of lacking necessities
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
- child neglectFailure to care for minors
- elder neglectFailure to care for aged
inattention · carelessness · dereliction · omission · parental neglect
hunger
Need for nourishment
- famineSevere food shortage
- emaciationExtreme bodily thinness
- underfedLacking adequate food
cachexia · inanition · gauntness · wasting · atrophy · skeletal · food insecurity · chronic hunger · starving · famished
undernutrition
Insufficient food consumption
- deficiencyLack of something needed
- anemiaRed cell deficiency
- scurvyVitamin C deficiency disease
beriberi · pellagra · rickets · malabsorption · osteoporosis · dehydration · protein deficiency · iron deficiency · calcium deficiency · wasting
stunted growth
Incomplete physical development
- failure to thriveInadequate childhood growth diagnosis
- underdevelopmentInadequate economic or social progress
- developmental delaySlower-than-typical milestone achievement
impoverished
Extremely lacking in money
- food desertZone lacking affordable groceries
- food insecurityUncertain access to adequate meals
- underprivilegedLacking usual social advantages
destitute · subsistence · scarcity · inequality · hardship · slums · indigence · resource scarcity
deprivation
State of lacking necessities
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
- child neglectFailure to care for minors
elder neglect · inattention · carelessness · dereliction · omission · parental neglect