unnutritious

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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 Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

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

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

In March, sugar could be obtained in only small quantities, six months later the unnutritious saccharine had almost completely replaced it.

From The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War by Curtin, D. Thomas

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