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were underfed
adjective
Inadequately fed.
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Most were underfed.
Inmates were underfed.
It was hot, the crew was underpaid, people were underfed, there was always some problem with money going on".
In short, he found that the working-class families were underfed and experiencing a poverty equal to that in London, and not previously associated with provincial towns.
"The children were going to school dirty and smelling of urine, they were underfed and the parents were unco-operative," he says.
In addition, mRNA expression of both muscle RING finger 1 and muscle atrophy F-box was increased when ewe lambs were underfed.
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His family, though not impoverished, was underfed.
Dr. Lee has said he was underfed and constantly hungry.
Experts warn, too, that diseases kill more people, and more quickly, when a population is underfed.
But some observers think the real problem with college athletes is that they are underfed.
Half of the children under five are underfed to the point of stunting.
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