12 letters · 18 points in Scrabble
verb provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment
adjective not being provided with adequate nourishment
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-? Proto-Italic *malos Latin malus Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- English nourished English malnourished From mal- + nourished.
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