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Definition of Nonnutritious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonnutritious
Literary usage of Nonnutritious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1904)
"This seems to be in the main a tactile reaction, a- most of the food taken was
by contact and nonnutritious substances wer-- generally taken if they felt ..."
2. For Hunger-Proof Cities: Sustainable Urban Food Systems by Mustafa Koc (1999)
"... consumer desires are not created in a vacuum but in response to the many
millions of dollars spent on advertising highly processed, nonnutritious foods. ..."
3. Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of California for the by California Bureau of Labor Statistics, California, Bureau of Labor Statistics (1918)
"Here on the voyage to Alaska is started the traffic in narcotic drugs. Men weak
from poor and nonnutritious foods are made slaves to the dope habit which is ..."
4. Filled Milk: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Agriculture by Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States, Senate, Congress (1922)
"If this committee finds as a matter of fact, and the facts bear them out, that
Hebe or the milk compounds are deleterious food products, nonnutritious, ..."