Scant, poor.

figurative. Poor or meagre in quantity or quality; slight, mean. Somewhat archaic. Of diet: Poor, innutritious. Of employment (colloquial)…

Not strong or energetic in action; lacking in force or power. Of food: Not highly nourishing. Obsolete.

Of food, etc.: That does not satisfy one's hunger; that leaves one hungry. Hence figurative. Unsatisfying, insufficient. Now rare.

Pertaining to, or consisting of, the dregs or baser part of any substance. Cf. excrement, n.1 i. Of food: Consisting largely of matter useless for…

That does not provide nourishment; not nutritious. Now rare.

Of diet: offering the minimum required without elaboration or luxury; simple, basic; without animal products or alcohol; (with negative sense)…

= excrementitious, adj.1

Of food or drink: lacking in nourishment or sustenance; unstimulating; (hence) uninspiring, bland. Cf. hearty, adj. 6. Now rare.

Of the nature of the dregs or worthless part of any substance. Of food: Consisting largely of matter useless for nutrition; = excremental, adj.1 1.

Not alimental; not affording nourishment.

offering or containing no sustenance.

In extended use: (originally) †lacking a vital spark, containing no (physical or spiritual) sustenance or nourishment (obsolete); (later in…

= excrementitious, adj.1

Providing little nourishment. Cf. polytrophic, adj. 1. Obsolete. rare.

Deficient, inferior. Of food or diet: scanty; deficient in quantity, taste, or nutritional value.

Not nutritive.

Not nutritious; affording no nourishment. Also transferred.

Not nutritious.

Not nutrient or nourishing, innutritious.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

Not nourishing.

Not nutritive; innutritious.

Lacking any nutritive value; innutritious.