junk food
noun
1
: food that is high in calories but low in nutritional content
2
: something that is appealing or enjoyable but of little or no real value
video junk food
Examples of junk food in a Sentence
worrying about kids eating too much junk food
eating too many junk foods
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Her sadsack solution on the path towards healing from their bad breakup – beyond getting day drunk and hibernating in her apartment with junk food – includes poring over memories of her own past lousy relationships, in addition to Insta-stalking Kaylinn.
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Courtney Howard, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
Teachers can also encourage students to become aware of misinformation, disinformation, conspiracy theories, propaganda, deepfakes and whatever other cognitive junk foods algorithms feed them.
—Boaz Dvir, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 2026
Intellectual junk food between bouts of deep focus.
—Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
Some of these products are seemingly nutritionally benign, whereas others are nothing more than junk food trying to cash in on protein’s good reputation.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
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Courtney Howard, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
Teachers can also encourage students to become aware of misinformation, disinformation, conspiracy theories, propaganda, deepfakes and whatever other cognitive junk foods algorithms feed them.
—Boaz Dvir, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 2026
Intellectual junk food between bouts of deep focus.
—Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
Some of these products are seemingly nutritionally benign, whereas others are nothing more than junk food trying to cash in on protein’s good reputation.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for junk food
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“Junk food.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junk%20food. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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