Food shortage
Malnutrition and food shortage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Malnutrition" instead a noun phrase "Food shortage".
Malnutrition
Malnutrition noun - A state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods.
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Synonyms for Malnutrition
Food shortage and malnutrition are semantically related. You can use "Food shortage" instead a noun "Malnutrition".
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Related pairs
- hunger and food shortage
- hunger and malnutrition
- want and food shortage
- want and malnutrition
- dearth and food shortage
- dearth and malnutrition
- deprivation and food shortage
- deprivation and malnutrition
- famine and food shortage
- famine and malnutrition
- starvation and food shortage
- starvation and malnutrition
- undernourishment and food shortage
- undernourishment and malnutrition
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Malnutrition and Food shortage. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/food_shortage/malnutrition
Food shortage & Malnutrition. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/food_shortage/malnutrition>.
Malnutrition or Food shortage. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/food_shortage/malnutrition.
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