a. and sb. (Stress var.) [UNDER-1 10 a.] Insufficiently fed or nourished.
1835. Sir J. Ross, Narr. 2nd Voy., xli. 545. We were often far underfed.
1868. M. Collins, Sweet Anne Page, I. 67. The boys were not starved, but certainly under-fed.
transf. 1893. Month, July, 326. Places … overstocked with labour or underfed with orders.
b. As sb. An underfed person.
1893. Advance (Chicago), 1 June. And Growler’s so stuffed now he needs to divide his rations with under-feds.
