unnutritious

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People not only dislike bread, but regard it as unnutritious.

From The Young Mother Management of Children in Regard to Health by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)

His complexion was dark and forester-like, seeming to show a poor, unnutritious diet.

From The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times by Townsend, George Alfred

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 Brooks, Noah

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 Latimer, Elizabeth

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 Napheys, George H. (George Henry)