misnourished

comparative more misnourished · superlative most misnourished

1. Having sufficient food, but lacking the proper nutrients.

   Nevertheless, as we will show, many American youths are "misnourished."

   2009, Jay Bhattacharya, Janet Currie, “Youths at Nutrition Risk: Malnourished or Misnourished?”, in Jonathan Gruber, editor, Risky Behavior among Youths: An Economic Analysis, page 483

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   Many who are not hungry are the new misnourished. The misnourished consume too many processed foods and an unbalanced diet.

   1977, Anne Moyer Halpin, Better Food for Public Places, page 71

   While there are sections of the population who are malnourished and misnourished we have made progress, generally speaking.

   2013, Thomas E. Jordan, Allen J. Edwards, Development in the Preschool Years: Birth to Age Five, page 240

   She points out that in the United States, we have many misnourished children; that is, children get enough to eat, but their diets do not provide the necessary nutrients.

   2016, Rosalind Charlesworth, Understanding Child Development