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unfed adjective uk /ʌnˈfed/ us /ʌnˈfed/ not having been given food to eat: There are claims that elderly patients are routinely left unfed and lying in filthy sheets. The unfed troops resorted to looting and terror. The animals were reported as being neglected and unfed, with untreated wounds. The provision of adequate food is essential as soldiers who are unfed can't fight. We will never turn anyone away unfed. In the experiment, unfed adult ticks were immersed in the suspension and then kept outdoors on vegetation. If a horse is left unfed one day, it will feel the physical stress of lack of food and lose condition, and it will also suffer anxiety. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Giving food to people & animals aid station bottle-feed bottle-feeding breast milk breastfeed cat-sitting colostrum fatted fatten someone/something up fed force-feed hand-reared nourish nursing overfed overfeed spoon tube feeding underfeed underfeeding
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