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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Need and malnutrition are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Need" instead a noun "Malnutrition".
Need
Need noun - A state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful.
Malnutrition and need are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Malnutrition" instead a noun "Need".
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On the other hand, white rice reportedly keeps longer without spoiling, so it's useful as emergency supplies where you just need calories for a few days/weeks, and don't need to worry about malnutrition in the long-run.
Source: The Coconut Effect -
Another thing about the kendo match: despite it being a month after his escape from SAO, we still need to remember that it's ONLY a month, so his body is still both severely physically weakened from muscle atrophy and from malnutrition.
Source: Light Novel / Sword Art Online
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