How many syllables in malnutrition?

There are 4 syllables in the word malnutrition.

Divide malnutrition into syllables:

malnutrition (noun):: physical weakness resulting from insufficient food or an unbalanced diet; faulty nutrition due to inadequate or unbalanced intake of nutrients or their impaired assimilation or utilization; a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods.

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