starveling in English
noun
1
an undernourished or emaciated person or animal.
But announcing the intention to send the starvelings back to what is loosely called their home is not a task that everyone would relish.
adjective
1
(of a person or animal) lacking enough food; emaciated.
a starveling child
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1. In Green's invective there is the starveling author's jealousy of the prosperous actor. Sentencedict.com