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Food with little or no nutritional value; alternatively, food that supplies a large amount of nutrients but also excess calories, excess sugar or starch, and so on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unfood
Antonyms: none provided
food that tastes good but is high in calories having little nutritional value
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: food, solid food
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
անառողջ սնունդ
(anaṙoġǰ snund)
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Armenian:
ջանկ-ֆուդ
(ǰank-fud)
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Basque:
zabor-janari
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Bulgarian:
джънк фуд
(džǎnk fud)
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Catalan:
menjar escombraria
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Catalan:
menjar porqueria
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Chinese Cantonese:
垃圾食品
(laap6 saap3 sik6 ban2)
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Chinese Cantonese:
垃圾食物
(laap6 saap3 sik6 mat6)
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Chinese Mandarin:
垃圾食品
(lājī shípǐn, lèsè shípǐn)
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Chinese Mandarin:
垃圾食物
(lājī shíwù, lèsè shíwù)
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Cornish:
boos atal
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Czech:
nezdravá strava
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Czech:
bufetová strava
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Danish:
junkfood
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Dutch:
junkfood
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Dutch:
troepvoedsel
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Dutch:
vulvoer
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Estonian:
rämpstoit
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Finnish:
roskaruoka
— food with little or no nutritional value
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French:
malbouffe
— food with little or no nutritional value
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French:
junk-food
— food with little or no nutritional value
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German:
ungesundes Essen
— food with little or no nutritional value
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German:
Fraß
— food with little or no nutritional value
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German:
Schundessen
— food with little or no nutritional value
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German:
Junkfood
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Greek:
έτοιμο ανθυγιεινό φαγητό
(étoimo anthygieinó fagitó)
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Hungarian:
szemétkaja
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Icelandic:
hnasl
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Indonesian:
hanya makanan kecil
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Indonesian:
makanan sampah
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Irish:
mearbhia
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Italian:
cibo poco sano
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Italian:
cibi preconfezionati
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Italian:
porcherie
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Italian:
cibo spazzatura
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Japanese:
ジャンクフード
(jankufūdo)
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Kabuverdianu:
fatióta
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Korean:
정크푸드
(jeongkeupudeu)
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Latvian:
nepilnvērtīga barība
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Macedonian:
нездрава храна
(nezdrava hrana)
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Māori:
kai paraurehe
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Norwegian:
usunnmat
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Norwegian Bokmål:
søppelmat
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
søppelmat
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Persian:
هلهخوراک
(hale-xorâk)
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Polish:
śmieciowe jedzenie
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Portuguese:
comida que não é saudável
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Portuguese:
besteira
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Portuguese:
tranqueira
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Russian:
неполноценная пища
(nepolnocennaja pišča)
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Russian:
тяжёлая пища
(tjažólaja pišča)
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Russian:
нездоро́вая пи́ща
(nezdoróvaja píšča)
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Russian:
пусты́е кало́рии
(pustýje kalórii)
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Russian:
джанк-фу́д
(džank-fúd)
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Spanish:
comida basura
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Spanish:
comida chatarra
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Spanish:
chucherías
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Swedish:
skräpmat
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Thai:
อาหารขยะ
(aa-hǎan-kà-yà)
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Turkish:
abur cubur
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Welsh:
bwyd diwerth
— food with little or no nutritional value
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Welsh:
bwyd sothach
— food with little or no nutritional value