underfeeding
Not enough food
Underfeeding is giving insufficient food or nutrition.
The term applies to people, animals, or plants that aren't receiving adequate nourishment: Underfeeding the calves stunted their growth.
It can be deliberate (as in restricted diets) or negligent.
The noun form describes the condition itself: Chronic underfeeding led to developmental problems.
Intensely, painfully hungry
- ravenousExtremely hungry, insatiable
- starvingSuffering extreme hunger
- appetiteDesire for food
- pangsSudden sharp sensations
gnawing · growling · unsatisfied · cravings · voracious · scarcity · famine · want
Lack of something needed
- stuntingArresting natural growth
- wastingUsing poorly, inefficiently
- underweightBelow normal mass
- anemiaRed cell deficiency
micronutrient · malabsorption · scurvy · beriberi · pellagra · rickets · goiter · cachexia
Cruel or violent treatment
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
- disregardWillful lack of attention
- carelessnessInattention causing mistakes
safeguarding · mistreatment · abandonment · omission · irresponsibility · intervention · custody · caregiver
Weariness from prolonged exertion
Measures of food energy
- nutritionBodily use of food
- intakeAmount received or consumed
- portionDivided share given
- mealOccasion for nourishment
diet · nutrients · proteins · carbohydrates · vitamins · minerals · energy · metabolism
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
- poultryBirds raised for food
- pigsDomesticated farm swine
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- herdGrazing animals together
flock · fodder · productivity · veterinary · breeding · farm · agriculture · supplementation
famished
Intensely, painfully hungry
pangs · gnawing · growling · unsatisfied · cravings · voracious · scarcity · famine · want · need
deficiency
Lack of something needed
- stuntingArresting natural growth
- wastingUsing poorly, inefficiently
- underweightBelow normal mass
anemia · micronutrient · malabsorption · scurvy · beriberi · pellagra · rickets · goiter · cachexia · emaciation
abuse
Cruel or violent treatment
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
- disregardWillful lack of attention
carelessness · safeguarding · mistreatment · abandonment · omission · irresponsibility · intervention · custody · caregiver · intentional
fatigue
Weariness from prolonged exertion
dizziness · pallor · irritability · susceptibility · apathy
calories
Measures of food energy
meal · diet · nutrients · proteins · carbohydrates · vitamins · minerals · energy · metabolism · absorption
cattle
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
herd · flock · fodder · productivity · veterinary · breeding · farm · agriculture · supplementation
- animal nutritiondigestibility, amino acids, protein content, nutrient density, protein sources
- nursing problemslow milk supply, engorgement, mastitis, sore nipples, cracked nipples
underfeedingoverfeeding
Supplying excess nourishment
overindulgence · stuffing · force-feeding · gorging · fattening
feed, feeding, feeder, feeds, underfed, unfed, feeders, overfeed, malnourished