Word: malnourishing
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: mal
nour
i
shing
Definition: Present participle of malnourish; provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment
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: nourish
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To gain nourishment.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: nutrire
Language: la
Decoded: nutrire
Meaning: to suckle, feed, foster, nourish, cherish, preserve, support
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form present participles of verbs.