Word: malnutritional
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: mal
nu
tri
tio
nal
Definition: Relating to malnutrition; a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods
Morphemes:
Affix: mal-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: bad, badly as in maladjusted, malcontent - faulty, faultily as in malfunction
Etymology Compounds: Affix: mal-
Language: fro
Decoded: mal-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: bad; badly
Affix: nutrition
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: That which nourishes; nutriment.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: nutritio
Language: la
Decoded: nutritio
PoS: Noun
Meaning: nutrition
Affix: -al
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also.