Food
malnutrition
noun
Definition
Lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough food or the wrong foods.
In a sentence
“Malnutrition remains one of the leading preventable causes of child mortality worldwide.”
Synonyms
undernourishmentdeficiencypoor nutrition
Common collocations
- childhood malnutrition
- address malnutrition
- malnutrition rates
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noun
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noun
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noun
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