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.
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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 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
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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
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In this way, the Garrett situation could already be construed as an unhealthy one for the Browns in the court of veteran quarterback opinion.—
Zac Jackson,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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Another aspect of emotional eating is the process of specific cravings, usually including unhealthy, energy-dense foods.—
Allison Futterman,
Discover Magazine,
15 Feb. 2025
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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
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Less visibly, Manton operated a side business with a more unwholesome objective: cashing in on his status and power as a judge.—
Time,
Time,
25 July 2023
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The past five years of noxious online discourse has been filling the air like smoke in a burning building, slowly at first, but now with terrifying velocity.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
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In 2018, the legislature passed a farm bill that sharply limits when neighboring property owners can file nuisance lawsuits against farms producing odors or other noxious conditions.—
Ames Alexander,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In 2021, the FDA warned that some IV and hydration clinics used drug products prepared in unsanitary conditions.—
Stephanie Brown,
Verywell Health,
8 Feb. 2025
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In New York in the late 1920s, TB was more common among the poor who lived in crowded, often unsanitary conditions.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Plastic pieces in food may also , especially if the plastic originates from unhygienic sources or is exposed to unsanitary conditions.—
Jess Thomson,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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Weinstein sued the Department of Corrections last week over his medical treatment and the unhygienic conditions at Rikers, claiming his condition has worsened at the facility.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
3 Dec. 2024
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Richard Tabler shared his final words before he was executed by lethal injection in Texas on Thursday.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Ford, 64, is set to be executed by lethal injection after being on death row for more than two decades for the 1997 murders of Gregory and Kimberly Malnory, who were in their mid-20s.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Nonnutritious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonnutritious. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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