innutrition

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noun

Lack of nutrition.

OriginEnglish nutrition ← Middle English in- ← Latin in- →
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Meanings

nouninnutrition (uncountable)
  1. uncountableLack of nutrition.

    Lacking those developed senses and motor powers which higher animals possess, ninety-nine in the hundred of these minute animals, severally living for but a few hours, disappear either by innutrition or by destruction.

    1879, Herbert Spencer, “Chapter 2”, in The Data of Ethics

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishnutrition
  8. Englishinnutrition

From in- + nutrition.

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Translations

Bulgarian недохранване
  • недохранване (nedohranvane)Lack of nutrition
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APA

innutrition. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/innutrition

MLA

“innutrition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/innutrition. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “innutrition,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/innutrition.

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