junk food

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junk food

noun junk foods

  1. countable, informal, uncountable 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. The episode begins with a lifetime of junk food, beer and no exercise catching up with Homer in the form of painful heart contractions.

    Similar: unfood

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noun food with little or no nutritional value

Españolcomida basura, comida chatarra, chucherías
한국어정크푸드 jeongkeupudeu
日本語ジャンクフード jankufūdo
中文垃圾食品 lājī shípǐn, lèsè shípǐn, 垃圾食物 lājī shíwù, lèsè shíwù
Portuguêscomida que não é saudável, besteira, tranqueira
Françaismalbouffe, junk-food
Deutschungesundes Essen, Fraß, Schundessen, Junkfood
Italianocibo poco sano, cibi preconfezionati, porcherie, cibo spazzatura
Ελληνικάέτοιμο ανθυγιεινό φαγητό étoimo anthygieinó fagitó
Русскийнеполноценная пища nepolnocennaja pišča, тяжёлая пища tjažólaja pišča, нездоро́вая пи́ща nezdoróvaja píšča, пусты́е кало́рии pustýje kalórii, джанк-фу́д džank-fúd
עבריתגַּ׳אנְק פוּד jank fud, זלולת, זְלֹלֶת z'lólet

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@misc{junk_food_2026,
  title = {junk food},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/junk%20food},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}