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 unhealthful effects of autocracy remain robust even when accounting for economic differences and when excluding Venezuela and its collapsing health-care system.
    Thomas J. Bollyky, Foreign Affairs, 30 Jan. 2020
  • However, communities in the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains were still experiencing unhealthful air quality, according to the air district.
    Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • Others may be dismissed as unhealthy while actually thriving physically.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 23 May 2025
  • This is how the agency defines what levels are considered unhealthy.
    Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 23 May 2025
Adjective
  • Like its unwholesome protagonist, the film — and the roving camera of Vladislav Opelyants, shooting in gorgeously high-contrast black-and-white — is forever on the move, creating an immersive aesthetic experience that amounts to a big pile of nothing.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025
  • As for the place, its veneer of comfortable tourism doesn’t hide the air of something unwholesome, especially when female guests start randomly throwing up.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2024
Adjective
  • Diehl goes to great lengths to embody a figure noxious to the eyes and ears — in the most subtle, skin-crawling ways — with the crouched body language of a man resultant to be seen.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 May 2025
  • The Weeknd discography plays like one big party with noxious vibes, thrown by a hedonist less interested in a good time than numbing the torment of an existence comprising coke-and-sizzurp binges, emotionless supermodel threeways, and morning-afters of bleak reflection.
    Charles Bramesco, IndieWire, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • At the time, some inmates and their families complained about unsanitary conditions during the outage.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 21 May 2025
  • He was then placed in a secluded cell with unsanitary conditions.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
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, 24 Mar. 2025
  • This will help keep unsightly and unhygienic mildew at bay.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Oscar Franklin Smith is set to be executed by lethal injection for the 1989 murder of his estranged wife, 35-year-old Judith Robirds Smith, and her sons.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 22 May 2025
  • The last electrocution was in 1990, the method has been lethal injection since that time.
    Ray Hanley, Arkansas Online, 21 May 2025

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“Nonnutritious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonnutritious. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.

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