food insecurity
n.— «Driving the “food insecurity” numbers—a term coined by the federal government to measure hunger—is Michigan’s stubborn unemployment rate, the anti-hunger research and policy group said.» —“Economy dishes up hunger pains” by Sharon Emery Grand Rapids Press (Mich.) Apr. 21, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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