unnutritious
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Poor mothers, leaving sick children at home, stood for Page 276 hours in the streets, in the bitter cold, to obtain a ration of horseflesh, or a few ounces of this unnutritious bread.
From France in the Nineteenth Century by Elizabeth Latimer
The mother is troubled by this over-flow, because it keeps her clothing wet; and the child suffers because of the unnutritious, watery character of the milk under such circumstances.
From The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother by George H. (George Henry) Napheys
This diet was not only unnutritious, but in many cases it caused dysentery and nausea.
From First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 by Noah Brooks
People not only dislike bread, but regard it as unnutritious.
From The Young Mother Management of Children in Regard to Health by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott
Before him, he knew, lay at least fifteen miles of trail knee-deep with snow, and he had left but one small ration of unpalatable and unnutritious food.
From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
