14 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
verb provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment
adjective not getting adequate food
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English nourished English undernourished From under- + nourished.
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