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单词 underfed
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Definition of underfed in English:

underfed

adjective ʌndəˈfɛdˌəndərˈfɛd
  • Insufficiently fed or nourished.

    未喂饱的;营养不良的

    a horse that is underfed is likely to be dull and lethargic
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some of the dogs are poorly fed or underfed, perhaps because after spending a lot of money to buy them, their owners do not want to spend any more to get them proper food.
    • It would be a great shame and a waste of time and money if the flowers were left dry and underfed, therefore any help with maintaining them would be truly appreciated.
    • There should be plenty of thunder left in the powerful arms and lower body he has developed since arriving in America as an underfed teenager with bright eyes and a voracious appetite for success.
    • But work is sought by many and not easily found by a frail-looking, pale and even slightly underfed, poor girl of thirteen.
    • They were underfed, underclothed, and low on ammunition.
    • My muscles feel like they have been overworked and underfed.
    • The young people of this neighbourhood are underfed, uneducated and looking for a way out.
    • This could be due to the fact that the countries still have large poverty pockets where populations are underfed.
    • Whilst not as stark as rumours suggest it is in the countryside, children in the capital do look quite thin and underfed.
    • Dietary intake is linked to risks for developing a variety of chronic diseases that are disabling and life threatening - not only for the underfed, but also for the overweight.
    • Elentia glanced down at her own underfed waist.
    • On May 12 th he had yet another ailment, probably from being run down and underfed, and missed his class at college due to a sore throat.
    • I wondered how his thin, underfed body coped with that kind of work in the hot sun everyday.
    • He saw how people seemed thinner and underfed, almost sickly.
    • His face was round, not fat, but definitely not underfed.
    • There are many more underfed people in the region, but at least this could have filled the stomachs of the most needy and marginalised people.
    • A vet believed he had been underfed for at least six months.
    • She had long, brown tatty hair and wore clothes that were nothing more than rags that hung loosely off her fragile, underfed body.
    • The army was poorly clothed, badly equipped, short on supplies, lacked proper transportation, and was underfed.
    • The food was sparse and the children were underfed.
    Synonyms
    slim, lean, slender, rangy, willowy, svelte, sylphlike, spare, slight

Rhymes

abed, ahead, bed, behead, Birkenhead, bled, bread, bred, coed, cred, crossbred, dead, dread, Ed, embed, Enzed, fed, fled, Fred, gainsaid, head, infrared, ked, lead, led, Med, misled, misread, Ned, outspread, premed, pure-bred, read, red, redd, said, samoyed, shed, shred, sked, sled, sped, Spithead, spread, stead, ted, thread, tread, underbred, wed

Definition of underfed in US English:

underfed

adjectiveˌəndərˈfedˌəndərˈfɛd
  • Insufficiently fed or nourished.

    未喂饱的;营养不良的

    a horse that is underfed is likely to be dull and lethargic
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It would be a great shame and a waste of time and money if the flowers were left dry and underfed, therefore any help with maintaining them would be truly appreciated.
    • On May 12 th he had yet another ailment, probably from being run down and underfed, and missed his class at college due to a sore throat.
    • She had long, brown tatty hair and wore clothes that were nothing more than rags that hung loosely off her fragile, underfed body.
    • He saw how people seemed thinner and underfed, almost sickly.
    • Whilst not as stark as rumours suggest it is in the countryside, children in the capital do look quite thin and underfed.
    • Elentia glanced down at her own underfed waist.
    • The young people of this neighbourhood are underfed, uneducated and looking for a way out.
    • There are many more underfed people in the region, but at least this could have filled the stomachs of the most needy and marginalised people.
    • His face was round, not fat, but definitely not underfed.
    • There should be plenty of thunder left in the powerful arms and lower body he has developed since arriving in America as an underfed teenager with bright eyes and a voracious appetite for success.
    • They were underfed, underclothed, and low on ammunition.
    • The food was sparse and the children were underfed.
    • Dietary intake is linked to risks for developing a variety of chronic diseases that are disabling and life threatening - not only for the underfed, but also for the overweight.
    • Some of the dogs are poorly fed or underfed, perhaps because after spending a lot of money to buy them, their owners do not want to spend any more to get them proper food.
    • A vet believed he had been underfed for at least six months.
    • The army was poorly clothed, badly equipped, short on supplies, lacked proper transportation, and was underfed.
    • I wondered how his thin, underfed body coped with that kind of work in the hot sun everyday.
    • My muscles feel like they have been overworked and underfed.
    • But work is sought by many and not easily found by a frail-looking, pale and even slightly underfed, poor girl of thirteen.
    • This could be due to the fact that the countries still have large poverty pockets where populations are underfed.
    Synonyms
    slim, lean, slender, rangy, willowy, svelte, sylphlike, spare, slight
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