She will overwork you, I'm afraid: I only hope she won't underfeed you. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
It is a much more serious risk to overfeed the baby than to underfeed him. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
Mechanical Stokers are of three general types: 1st, overfeed; 2nd, underfeed; and 3rd, traveling grate. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
A great many breeders underfeed their young stock to stop growth, which I believe to be a very grave mistake. From Wordnik.com. [The Boston Terrier and All About It A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog] Reference
Because we heard in an affidavit filed by the nanny who was fired that she claims Anna Nicole Smith told her to deliberately underfeed the child. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2007] Reference
And she ordered this nanny, according to the affidavit, to underfeed the child with baby food, and the nanny says that the baby looked undernourished as a result. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 14, 2007] Reference
The traveling grate stokers are sometimes classed as overfeed but properly should be classed by themselves as under certain conditions they are of the underfeed rather than the overfeed type. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
"You shouldn't underfeed the poor kid," said Wally. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Jim] Reference
And inasmuch as we may overeat, or underfeed ourselves. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 186, May 21, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference
He did not overwork nor underfeed his slaves and he was sparing of the lash. From Wordnik.com. [Frederick Douglass] Reference
The foJtUwin& curious, action lor an aflault,, we underfeed, was tried at the lute Durham afiftta. From Wordnik.com. [Sporting Magazine] Reference
You'd never intentionally underfeed or overfeed your horse, nor would you give him anything detrimental. From Wordnik.com. [TheHorse.com News] Reference
The most complacent Britisher cannot hope to draw off the life-blood, and underfeed, and keep it up forever. From Wordnik.com. [The People of the Abyss] Reference
The most complacent Britisher cannot hope to draw off the life blood, and underfeed, and keep it up forever. From Wordnik.com. [The Sea Wife] Reference
But many farmers about here will overwork and underfeed all the week, and on Sunday talk about being 'merciful to their beasts.'. From Wordnik.com. [Opening a Chestnut Burr] Reference
Multiple the coal delivery system-overfeed spreader, air zones under the grate control the rate of com overfeed mass burn, or underfeed. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Under an unwise or indolent herder the sheep going on an unaccustomed trail will overtravel and underfeed, until in the midst of good pasture they starve upon their feet. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the Science of Sociology] Reference
The mod exact knowledge of truth, and the greateft zeal for it, will avail nothing without the practice of thofe virtues which the mod uninftructed of man - kind perfectly underfeed. From Wordnik.com. [Discourses on various subjects, including several on particular occasions] Reference
In order to keep them in subjection they underfeed them, and if any of them venture to steal cocoa-nuts from the trees the owners thereof are at liberty to shoot them and throw them into the sea. From Wordnik.com. [Black Ivory] Reference
(on camera): Of course, this country has always been a notch or two ahead when it comes to weight control, in part because for more than a century, obstetricians here have taught parents it's better to underfeed rather than overfeed their children, something you don't hear on the other side of the Atlantic. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 13, 2003] Reference
This is a meal that’s designed to feed a thirty- to forty-pound dog for one full day—if your dog is significantly larger or smaller, you’ll have to adjust the quantities so that you don’t over- or underfeed him. From Wordnik.com. [30 Days to a Well-Mannered Dog] Reference
650 children underfeed, two babies get HIV/AIDS. From Wordnik.com. [The Jakarta Post Breaking News] Reference
Mechanical stokers: Types, overfeed, underfeed, chain grate, vibrating grate, spreader or sprinkler. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The plea that the 'public opinion' among the highest classes of society at the south is mild and considerate towards the slaves, that they do not overwork, underfeed, neglect when old and sick, scantily clothe, badly lodge, and half shelter their slaves; that they do not barbarously flog, load with irons, imprison in the stocks, brand and maim them; hunt them when runaway with dogs and guns, and sunder by force and forever the nearest kindred -- is shown, by almost every page of this work, to be an assumption, not only utterly groundless, but directly opposed to masses of irrefragable evidence. From Wordnik.com. [American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses] Reference
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