unnourishing
Empty of nutrition
Unnourishing describes food or sustenance that fails to provide nutrition or nourishment: The meal was filling but unnourishing.
It can extend figuratively to anything that should feed or sustain but doesn't—an unnourishing relationship, unnourishing entertainment.
Low-nutrition processed snacks
- fast foodSpeedy prepared meals
- candySugary edible treats
- sodaCarbonated soft drink
- chipsThin fried slices
doughnuts · fries · cookies · pastries · ice cream · chocolate · syrup · confectionery
Having too little
- lackingBeing without something
- insufficientBelow required quantity
- meagerDeficient in quantity
- scantBarely adequate amount
incomplete · depleted · impoverished · wanting · inadequate · malnourishing · unwholesome · denatured
Failing to gratify
- unrewardingLacking satisfying payoff
- emptyHolding nothing inside
- hollowEmpty within
- unfillingRemoving what was added
insufficient · disappointing · inadequate · meager · skimpy · paltry · light · insubstantial
Made, not natural
- syntheticProduced artificially, not natural
- refinedPurified or cultured
- preservativesDecay-preventing substances
- additivesSubstances included for enhancement
trans fats · denatured · industrialized · ultra-processed · stripped · bleached · hydrogenated
junk food
Low-nutrition processed snacks
chips · doughnuts · fries · cookies · pastries · ice cream · chocolate · syrup · confectionery · biscuits
deficient
Having too little
- lackingBeing without something
- insufficientBelow required quantity
- meagerDeficient in quantity
scant · incomplete · depleted · impoverished · wanting · inadequate · malnourishing · unwholesome · denatured
unsatisfying
Failing to gratify
- unrewardingLacking satisfying payoff
- emptyHolding nothing inside
- hollowEmpty within
unfilling · insufficient · disappointing · inadequate · meager · skimpy · paltry · light · insubstantial
artificial
Made, not natural
- syntheticProduced artificially, not natural
- refinedPurified or cultured
- preservativesDecay-preventing substances
additives · trans fats · denatured · industrialized · ultra-processed · stripped · bleached · hydrogenated
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Promoting health through food
nutritious · nutrient-rich · wholesome · healthful · nutritive
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Promoting health through food
wholesome · healthy · beneficial · restorative · enriching
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