underfed
adjective uk/ˌʌn.dəˈfed/ us/ˌʌn.dɚˈfed/
被喂养不足，进食不足的
not having had enough food to eat
Weak, underfed patients risk undoing the good medical work carried out on their behalf. 病人可能因为虚弱或者吃不饱而让为他们提供的良好医疗付诸东流。
A lot of the elephants are underfed and overworked, and become very thin. 很多大象都吃不饱，而且过度劳作，身体非常瘦。
See also: malnourished
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- In some countries experiencing obesity problems, malnutrition also exists; whether underfed or overfed, people aren't getting the nutrients and vitamins that lead to proper development.
- Interestingly, scientists learned that underfed rodents lived up to 40% longer than their well-fed counterparts.
- He said that of 300 million underfed children in the world, 130 million, most of them girls, do not go to school.
- The children are much smaller than they should be for their age. A child that you think is a healthy two-year-old is probably a very underfed four-year old.