junk food
noun
1
: food that is high in calories but low in nutritional content
2
: something that is appealing or enjoyable but of little or no real value
video junk food
Examples of junk food in a Sentence
worrying about kids eating too much junk food
eating too many junk foods
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Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders recently asked the federal government for permission to forbid food-stamp recipients in her state from using their benefits to buy junk food—a policy Kennedy has repeatedly called for.
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Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2025
Simultaneously, a backlash brewed on Tumblr, where all the cool kids were suddenly making cheesy, fatty junk foods like pizza, cheeseburgers, and tacos a part of their digital identity as a winky response to picture-perfect treats on social media.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 30 Jan. 2025
Although today’s critics rue our inability to get through long novels, such books were once widely regarded as the intellectual equivalent of junk food.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Plus, not all vegan diets are equally healthy (french fries and soda are technically vegan, after all), so Gardner suggested a simple rule of thumb: Eat more plants and less junk food.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2025
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Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2025
Simultaneously, a backlash brewed on Tumblr, where all the cool kids were suddenly making cheesy, fatty junk foods like pizza, cheeseburgers, and tacos a part of their digital identity as a winky response to picture-perfect treats on social media.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 30 Jan. 2025
Although today’s critics rue our inability to get through long novels, such books were once widely regarded as the intellectual equivalent of junk food.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Plus, not all vegan diets are equally healthy (french fries and soda are technically vegan, after all), so Gardner suggested a simple rule of thumb: Eat more plants and less junk food.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Junk food.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junk%20food. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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