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

For example, people taking the drugs typically consume fewer unhealthy foods and less alcohol in favor of healthier products.

— Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Schools in the state of Johor Bahru in Malaysia have also closed due to the air quality reaching unhealthy levels.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of unhealthy

Adjective

The history between these men is more noxious than your garden-variety case of paternal neglect — there’s been emotional and physical abuse.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
Yakuza organized ultra-nationalist outfits like the National Essence Society, which aimed to crush such noxious foreign influences as Marxism.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of noxious

Adjective

Prosecutors said the Santa Clara County Department of Family and Children’s Services was well aware that children had been living in unsanitary conditions in the home since at least 2019.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
In 2012 a compounding pharmacy called the New England Compounding Center started mass-producing medications in a setting that had been flagged as unsanitary numerous times.

— Alana Semuels, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of unsanitary

Adjective

The bacteria is found all over the world, but is most common in developing countries and in crowded or unhygienic conditions, such as refugee camps, areas hit by natural disasters or war, schools and daycare centers.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Old Carpet Almost everyone has, at one point, encountered icky carpeting or found carpet in general to be unhygienic after it’s been lived in by another party.

— Sheila Kim, The Spruce, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of unhygienic

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