empty calorie
noun
a calorie whose source has little or no nutritional value: Junk food has only empty calories.
Origin of empty calorie
An Americanism dating back to 1965–70
Words nearby empty calorie
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empty cow,
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empty nest,
empty nester
Idioms and Phrases with empty calories
empty calories
Food that has little or no nutritional value. For example, Snacking on beer and potato chips makes for a lot of empty calories. [1960s]