malnourished

adj

1. Suffering from malnutrition.

   “Thus, leucine is already being seen as a pharmaconutrient of great relevance for the supplementary feeding of malnourished and frail elderly and for specific subpopulations.”

   “Autopsy results revealed that Braydon was generally malnourished and thin. His cause of death was hyperthermia due to the extreme heat, which would have “caused extreme discomfort and difficulty breathing as he died.””

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of malnourish