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junk food
noun
- food, as potato chips or candy, that is high in calories but of little nutritional value.
- anything that is attractive and diverting but of negligible substance:
the junk food offered by daytime television.
junk food
noun
- food that is low in nutritional value, often highly processed or ready-prepared, and eaten instead of or in addition to well-balanced meals
Other Words From
- junk-food adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of junk food1
Idioms and Phrases
Prepackaged snack food that is high in calories but low in nutritional value; also, anything attractive but negligible in value. For example, Nell loves potato chips and other junk food , or When I'm sick in bed I often resort to TV soap operas and similar junk food . [c. 1970]Example Sentences
I am just so convinced that junk food and high sugar food are undermining the health of people…It caused a lot of strain.
After a day-long drive with three young children, we emerged from our minivan cramped, cranky, and dusty with junk food.
It looks like a stereotypical convenience store, shelves crowded with garishly packaged junk food.
Imagine a junk-food stand run by a bunch of foodies from Portland, Oregon.
I want to see a farm bill that subsidizes healthy food and not just junk food.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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