NONNUTRITIOUS Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

nonnutritious

adjective

Definition of nonnutritious

as in unhealthful

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Recent Examples of nonnutritious What’s more, a dietitian’s ire is often reserved first and foremost for cheap nonnutritious foods. — Bon Appétit, 20 Apr. 2022

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Adjective

From downtown Los Angeles to the San Gabriel Valley, tens of thousands were enveloped in unhealthful levels of smoke, even as some local officials told residents that the air posed no danger.

— Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
The soil may contain pathogens, pesticides and other unhealthful things.

— Joan Morris, Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2026

Definition of unhealthful

Adjective

But being a teenager can be isolating, confusing, and an emotional rollercoaster—and what can start as an attempt to find friends can quickly spiral into an unhealthy obsession.

— Sherri Gordon, Parents, 10 July 2026
In an unhealthy one, the CEO speaks first, and the rest calibrate around the CEO's tone.

— Janet M Harvey, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of unhealthy

Adjective

Residents from Minnesota to Washington, DC, told CNN the noxious air has disrupted their lives, seeping into everything from their health and leisure to their businesses and family life.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
The phenomenon, where smoke blots out the blue sky overhead, making the air appear milky-white or even orange, has become a relatively regular fixture of summers where out-of-control wildfires in the West bring noxious smoke downwind.

— Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 17 July 2026

Definition of noxious

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Gatz was cited for unsanitary conditions and household trash dumped all over the site.

— Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 7 July 2026
The hotel falsely advertised accommodations with two queen beds and then gave you a room with smaller beds and alarming, unsanitary conditions, including suspicious red splatters.

— Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 6 July 2026

Definition of unsanitary

Adjective

The team aimed to fashion a rotting meat smell to recreate this slightly unhygienic oral arrangement.

— RJ Mackenzie, Popular Science, 11 June 2026
Airline blankets can be reused from passenger to passenger, which, to state the obvious, is extremely unhygienic.

— Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2026

Definition of unhygienic

Adjective

The most common type is lethal in about half of patients, and death is almost instantaneous.

— Veronique Greenwood, Time, 13 July 2026
Tewalt previously cautioned state lawmakers that transitioning from lethal injection to a firing squad as Idaho’s preferred method would result in even more lawsuits.

— Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 10 July 2026

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