Food-secure
What it means
Having reliable access to enough nutritious food.
Reach for it when describing reliable access to enough nutritious food
The new cooperative helped fifty households become food-secure.
Words to choose between 6
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everyday
fed
Fits when the immediate fact is that someone has eaten
Careful Fed says nothing about reliability or nutritional quality.
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warm
Fits when food supports health and wellbeing
Careful Nourished describes an outcome, not secure access.
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professional
provisioned
Fits when supplies for a defined period are available
Careful Provisioned is temporary and does not describe household access.
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professional
Fits when a household or region produces what it needs
Careful Self-sufficiency is not required for food security.
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professional
Fits when current nutritional condition is the evidence
Careful A well-nourished person can still face unstable future access.
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formal
food-sufficient
Fits when quantity is reliably adequate
Careful Sufficiency may ignore nutrition, safety, and personal preference.
Opposites 3
- food-insecure
- hungry
- undernourished
Common phrases 3
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become food-secure
The cooperative helped fifty households become food-secure.
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food-secure community
A food-secure community needs reliable transport as well as farms.
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remain food-secure
Emergency stores helped the island remain food-secure.
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