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English
Etymology
From un- + nutritious.
Pronunciation
Adjective
unnutritious (comparative more unnutritious, superlative most unnutritious)
- Not nutritious.
1866, Edward Seguin, Idiocy: and Its Treatment by the Physiological Method, page 42:She, being pregnant, has used for exclusive food unnutritious substances, such as pickles, dainties, lemons, tea, brandies, etc.; or vomited all real food soon after ingestion.
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