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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.
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Bon Appétit, 20 Apr. 2022
Bon Appétit, 20 Apr. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonnutritious
Adjective
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The change comes amid concerns about fireworks causing unhealthful air.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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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
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Julie Clark, a community education specialist for UCANR, recalled getting a call from a local forester who spotted an unhealthy-looking coast live oak while driving in Simi Hills’ Box Canyon.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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Across studies, these health markers returned to unhealthy baseline levels an average of a year and a half after treatment ended.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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
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By mid-afternoon the weather turned downright unwholesome.—
Arthur Grahame,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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Then she’s saddled with the noxious task of trying to convince Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) to kill herself for the greater good, only to reverse course at the last second and save her?—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
1 Jan. 2026
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Shrouded in mist and prone to spewing noxious green goop over windows, their true form remains a mystery throughout.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
5 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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But the industry, and small businesses such as the cigar factory, run on low wages, long hours and unsafe, unsanitary working conditions.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
11 Jan. 2026
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The facility had unsanitary tape on the faucet sprayer.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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
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In-person inspections are widely recognized as essential for uncovering unhygienic practices, equipment failures, and falsified safety data that cannot be detected by reviewing paperwork or inspecting shipments at ports of entry.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The federal officer with the less than lethal weapon can be seen pointing it at Rummler.—
Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
15 Jan. 2026
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Almost always in these cases, an officer facing down a moving two-ton conveyance will have a fraction of a second to decide if a lethal threat exists.—
Laurence Miller,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Nonnutritious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonnutritious. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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