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
  • But not all foods that fit the definition of ultra-processed are unhealthy, says Julia Wolfson, an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
    Maria Godoy, NPR, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The findings contrast with the traditional assumption that coffee promotes unhealthy heart rhythms, according to the study.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
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
  • In confidential reports submitted to NASA, flight crews describe being overwhelmed by noxious fumes — struggling to stay conscious, land planes safely, or simply breathe — part of a larger body of evidence suggesting that contaminated cabin air is a recurring threat.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Here, much to the amazement of onlookers, sacrificial animals such as bulls would drop dead after breathing in noxious carbon dioxide fumes swirling up from below.
    Barry Neild, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Salmonella often spreads through eggs or chicken (the animals are frequently raised in crowded and unsanitary conditions), but there have also been outbreaks in peanut butter, raw pork, raw beef, cucumbers and raw flour (such as in cookie dough).
    Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Overcrowding and unsanitary conditions were already a problem, and the new inmates only exasperated them, according to court documents.
    Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Unfortunately, curtains can gather a lot of dust, mold, or dirt if not cleaned every so often, and can lead to allergies and an unhygienic home.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
  • As of June 20 more than 300 people are being held in cramped and unhygienic conditions, without food and fresh water for long stretches, Frimpong wrote.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 12 July 2025
Adjective
  • He’s sent to the deadly planet Genna, where every flora and fauna has evolved to be as lethal as possible, and given the seemingly impossible task of killing a fierce creature known as the Kalisk.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Nov. 2025
  • How Nashville police got involved Nashville Police Chief John Drake said the department's specialized investigation unit saw a rise in violent crime two years ago, including non-lethal shootings and homicides connected to the MS-13 gang.
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Nov. 2025

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“Nonnutritious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonnutritious. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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