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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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