underfertilized
Needs more feeding
Underfertilized describes something that hasn't received enough fertilizer or fertilization.
Crops may be underfertilized when soil nutrients are depleted: The underfertilized fields produced a meager harvest.
In reproductive biology, an underfertilized egg has received insufficient sperm or incomplete fertilization.
The term implies deficiency relative to what's needed for optimal growth or development.
Lacking sufficient resources
- lowNot elevated
- reducedMade less in amount
- meagerDeficient in quantity
- suboptimalBelow the ideal standard
inadequate · disappointing · diminished · scant · inferior · compromised · limited · unsatisfactory
Arrested in development
- malnourishedLacking proper nutrition
- yellowingBecoming pale gold-brown
- weakLacking power or force
- spindlyThin and fragile-looking
pale · wilting · struggling · leggy · sparse · frail · undersized · puny
Severely reduced or emptied
- exhaustedUtterly depleted of energy
- impoverishedExtremely lacking in money
- leachedExtracted by filtering liquid
- degradedReduced in rank or quality
overworked · barren · unproductive · poor · thin · anemic · deficient · sterile
poor
Lacking sufficient resources
suboptimal · inadequate · disappointing · diminished · scant · inferior · compromised · limited · unsatisfactory · minimal
stunted
Arrested in development
- malnourishedLacking proper nutrition
- yellowingBecoming pale gold-brown
- weakLacking power or force
spindly · pale · wilting · struggling · leggy · sparse · frail · undersized · puny · dwarfed
depleted
Severely reduced or emptied
- exhaustedUtterly depleted of energy
- impoverishedExtremely lacking in money
- leachedExtracted by filtering liquid
degraded · overworked · barren · unproductive · poor · thin · anemic · deficient · sterile · worn-out
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