| VERB | consumption | undernourish, malnourish | provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment |
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| Sounds | ah.nderner'ihsh | |
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| Rhymes | abolish ... Yiddish: 161 rhymes with ihsh... | |
| Meaning | Provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The stunted growth of these children shows that they are undernourished" | |
| Synonym | malnourish | |
| Broader | feed, give | Give food to |
| Nouns | undernourishment | not having enough food to develop or function normally |
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