overnutrition
/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)njuːˈtɹɪʃən/noun
overnutrition is a noun meaning “A form of malnutrition in which nutrients are oversupplied relative to the amounts required for normal growth, development, and metabolism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled O-V-E-R-N-U-T-R-I-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 85 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does overnutrition mean?
noun
- 1
A form of malnutrition in which nutrients are oversupplied relative to the amounts required for normal growth, development, and metabolism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce overnutrition?
- /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)njuːˈtɹɪʃən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is overnutrition?
Overnutrition appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Overnutrition in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense malnutrition in which nutrients are oversupplied:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | suralimentation |
| German | Überernährung |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does overnutrition come from?
From over- + nutrition.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).