unnourishing
- a word derived from nourishing.
Example Sentences
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“It all becomes a big lying loop. Or at least a big, unnourishing, inadequate one.”
From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2017
With the fat of the original script carved away, then much of the meat, you’re left with a two-hour opera that’s like a skeleton: elegant, chilly, a bit otherworldly, ultimately unnourishing.
From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2017
Here and there, too, are observations with a little meaning, amusing thoughts, with a few ill-assorted conclusions to leaven the unnourishing loaf.
From Time Magazine Archive
The built-upon site covered 850 acres, the plants growing darkly green over silted canals and yellowish green over unnourishing brick and rubble.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the good hotels and in the bad, one is given paltry portions of unnourishing food, and one goes unfed.
From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
