Meanings
nounovernourishment (uncountable)
- uncountableExcessive nourishment.
It is of large interest to include the dynamics that determine overnourishment into future assessments.
2015 November 5, “Global food demand scenarios for the 21st century”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 營養過剩 /营养过剩
- 營養過剩 /营养过剩 (yíngyǎng guòshèng)excessive nourishment
Finnish yliravitsemus
- yliravitsemusexcessive nourishment
German Überernährung
- Überernährungexcessive nourishment
Polish nadżywienie
- nadżywienieexcessive nourishment
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overnourishment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overnourishment
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“overnourishment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overnourishment. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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