Plants that are underfed through inadequate soil fertility or are weakened by other causes suffer severely from insect attack, while vigorous plants will come through with much less damage.
"A Living from the Land"
William B. Duryee
The Arab called to him and he came up, a poor miserable underfed brute, and stood stiffly to attention.
"The Escaping Club"
A. J. Evans
He was making a personal investigation concerning a report, then current, that public school children were underfed.
"Calvary Alley"
Alice Hegan Rice