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

Warnings of unhealthful air quality remained in effect Saturday across a wide swath of the United States due to smoke from Canadian wildfires that has engulfed the Northeast in haze for days.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2026
The soil may contain pathogens, pesticides and other unhealthful things.

— Joan Morris, Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2026

Definition of unhealthful

Adjective

Wildfires in Washington and British Columbia, Canada, are also expected to bring hazy skies and unhealthy air quality to the state over the next two days as smoke moves in from the north and temperatures climb toward 100 degrees.

— Amanda Jackson, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
The air quality index was forecast to meet or exceed 126, a level that’s considered unhealthy for sensitive groups, including people with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teenagers.

— Haley Parsley August 1, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of unhealthy

Adjective

So does an animal have enough brain real estate to understand that this thing is noxious?

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026
At the start of the meeting, Robert Pearman, vice chair of the agency’s hearing board, told the community members that no one — not even Lineage officials — disputes the severity of the noxious odors.

— Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of noxious

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Meghan personally called animal rights attorney Shannon Keith, who runs the Beagle Freedom Project, after hearing about 4,000 beagles being rescued from overcrowded and unsanitary conditions at the Envigo breeding and research plant in Virginia.

— Audrey Schmidt, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
Airline catering workers have filed a new safety complaint against Flying Food Group, alleging they were exposed to unsafe and unsanitary working conditions at facilities serving Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

— Denis Akbari, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of unsanitary

Adjective

Japan’s recent scrapping of lethal weapons export ban could also help strengthen the country's underdeveloped defense industry.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
The movie’s pièce de résistance is a massive massacre sequence in which an entire school of kids turns on the adults in their lives, killing their parents and teachers by using every school supply in sight as a lethal weapon.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 3 Aug. 2026

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