nonsweet
3.8
Not containing sugar or tasting sweet
- adjective
- /ˌnɒnˈswiːt/
:
sin azúcar
- The salad was delicious, especially because it featured nonsweet ingredients like cucumbers and olives.
Examples
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Many people prefer nonsweet snacks like popcorn and pretzels over sugary treats.
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This was nice for Opal because we were all so glad to see something nonsweet that her contribution was the hit of the day.
Fiction book (1998) -
During the meal, the chef served a nonsweet sauce to complement the savory flavors of the dish.
Synonyms
dry
vsnonsweet
38
5.6
Having little or no sweet taste
applies to any item not tasting sweet or containing sugar
unsweetened
vsnonsweet
7
3.0
Does not contain added sugar
can mean lacking sweet taste rather than only having no added sugar
sugarless
vsnonsweet
4
2.5
Does not have any sugar
also focuses on lacking sweet taste rather than only sugar content
unsweet
vsnonsweet
1
6.2
A wine or drink that is slightly dry and not sweet
also covers products that simply lack sugar content as well
unsugared
vsnonsweet
3.6
With no sugar added
may still contain natural sugars despite not tasting sweet
secco
vsnonsweet
8.5
Wine or food that is dry and not sweet
can also refer to absence of sugar content not only dry taste
Antonyms
How Sweet
Surface Forms
nonsweet positive
Morphology
Etymology
Nonsweet is made of non- 'not' and sweet 'has sugar or a pleasant taste', like in nonfat or nonsmoking. So nonsweet describes a food or drink that does not have sugar and does not taste sweet.