nonnutritious

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonnutritious
Adjective
  • The change comes amid concerns about fireworks causing unhealthful air.
    Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
  • Health professionals encourage people to use lean cuts of meat because most of the fat in animal products is unhealthful saturated fat, which can raise the risk of heart disease and cancer.
    Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2024
Adjective
  • In one of the more moving parts of his memoir, Morvan speaks to his former partner, laying bare for the first time some of the more unhealthy aspects of their relationship but in a way that makes clear his love for Pilatus runs deep.
    Christine Terrisse, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • People with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens are recommended to reduce active time outdoors when conditions are unhealthy.
    Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • But unlike Materialists, those movies—pictures like Leo McCarey’s The Awful Truth or Preston Sturges’ The Palm Beach Story—emerged in a time when Hollywood censors were keeping a close eye on movies’ ideology, determined to protect audiences from unwholesome influences.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 13 June 2025
  • By mid-afternoon the weather turned downright unwholesome.
    Arthur Grahame, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2025
Adjective
  • The canister flooded the family’s vehicle with noxious gas.
    Hannah Fingerhut, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
  • The lagoon is the most biologically diverse estuary on the nation’s east coast, but the manatees, birds and fish that call it home are suffering dramatically from the death of seagrass and the abundance of noxious algae that thrive on polluted water.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • In noncompliance records from 2023 reviewed by The Times, Manning Beef was accused of multiple instances of a leaky ceiling, separate instances of live insects on the kill floor, unsanitary conditions and operational malfunctions.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Tuesday’s report also notes that investigators were able to find 181 credible reports of overcrowding and unsanitary conditions.
    Lautaro Grinspan, AJC.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Pet Supplies Storing any sort of pet items like food, litter boxes, or toys in your bedroom closet can be unhygienic.
    Katelyn Squiers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Investigators uncovered more than 190 decomposing bodies last year inside the Penrose facility, many stored in unhygienic conditions.
    Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • Thompson’s original death sentence was later overturned, but a jury again sentenced him to die by lethal injection following a new punishment trial in November 2005.
    Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Thompson, 55, was scheduled to receive a lethal injection Wednesday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.
    CBS News, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026

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“Nonnutritious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonnutritious. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.

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