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
emprosthotonos,
empson,
empt,
emptor,
empty,
empty calorie,
empty calories,
empty cow,
empty morph,
empty nest,
empty nester
Example sentences from the Web for empty calorie
After missing that mark with the empty-calorie fluff of Salem, WGN is nailing it with Manhattan.
WGN’s ‘Manhattan’ Is Summer’s Best New Show. But Will Anyone Watch? |Kevin Fallon |July 27, 2014 |DAILY BEASTLatino groups hate it, and it does seem like an empty-calorie kind of bill, I have to say.
Michael Tomasky on Mitt Romney’s Doomed Immigration Gambit |Michael Tomasky |April 26, 2012 |DAILY BEAST