innutrition
noun
lack of nutrition.
innutritious
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a word derived from
innutrition.
Example Sentences
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He looks sickly and anemic in consequence of the insufficient quantity and innutritious quality of the food on which he subsists and the unhealthy conditions of his surroundings.
From The History of Puerto Rico From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation by R. A. (Rudolph Adams) Van Middeldyk
The articles used as food by man do not consist entirely of nutritious substances, but with few exceptions are compounds of various nutritious with indigestible and accordingly innutritious substances.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
Dried meat is a poor substitute for fresh meat; it requires long steeping in water, to make it tender, and then it is tasteless, and comparatively innutritious.
From The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries by Sir Francis Galton
An innutritious and insufficient diet produces the same effect in young animals.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
It appears that the sailors disliked innovations in their food, and rejected the substitution of beans, flour "and those white Meats as they are called" for the heavy, and innutritious pork and beef.
From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by John Masefield
