unnutritious
Empty of vitamins
Unnutritious describes food or substances lacking nutritional value—providing little or no benefit to the body: a diet of unnutritious snacks.
The word is straightforward but uncommon; *not nutritious* or *empty calories* appear more often in everyday speech.
Subjected to operations
unwholesome · artificial · refined · fast-food · deep-fried · oversweetened · devitalized
Not sufficient for purpose
- lackingBeing without something
- insufficientBelow required quantity
- depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
- meagerDeficient in quantity
scant · skimpy · paltry · impoverished · sparse · minimal · poor · wanting
Containing excess liquid
- diluteReduce by adding solvent
- thinSmall in diameter
- weakLacking power or force
- unsatisfyingFailing to gratify
unfilling · flavorless · bland · unfortified · unenriched · empty · hollow · meager
processed
Subjected to operations
fried · unwholesome · artificial · refined · fast-food · deep-fried · oversweetened · devitalized
inadequate
Not sufficient for purpose
- lackingBeing without something
- insufficientBelow required quantity
- depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
meager · scant · skimpy · paltry · impoverished · sparse · minimal · poor · wanting · limited
watery
Containing excess liquid
unsatisfying · unfilling · flavorless · bland · unfortified · unenriched · empty · hollow · meager · scanty
unnutritiousnutritious
Rich in beneficial substances
nourishing · wholesome · healthy · healthful · nutritive
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