undernourish

• 动词，指提供不足量的食物或营养，使无法维持正常的健康和生长。也指因长期缺乏足够营养而导致身体虚弱或发育不良。

A verb used to indicate the act of providing insufficient food or nutrients to sustain proper health and growth.

1. Provide insufficient nourishmentB2formal

   To supply with an inadequate amount or quality of food, leading to poor health or development.

   使营养不良

   • Many children in the region are undernourished due to food shortages.
   • The study found that undernourished plants grew more slowly.
   • Prolonged illness can undernourish the body, weakening the immune system.

   同义词malnourishstarve

   反义词feednourishsustain