empty calories
plural noun
: calories from food that supply energy but have little or no nutritional value
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Baby Got Back into the game with a fourth-quarter rally, but those were empty calories against a prevent defense.
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Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2024
But some critics point out the drinks’ high sugar content and empty calories.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 28 Sep. 2024
And Jerami Grant’s 21 points on 8-of-16 shooting from the field may as well have been a donut: empty calories.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
Even with a candy song banging around in the skull, the treat’s word-play trail is the opposite of empty calories.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
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Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2024
But some critics point out the drinks’ high sugar content and empty calories.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 28 Sep. 2024
And Jerami Grant’s 21 points on 8-of-16 shooting from the field may as well have been a donut: empty calories.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
Even with a candy song banging around in the skull, the treat’s word-play trail is the opposite of empty calories.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
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“Empty calories.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empty%20calories. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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