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unassimilated

unassimilated

8.4
Not absorbed or digested by the body
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnəˈsɪməˌleɪtɪd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : no asimilado
  • Many nutrients remained unassimilated after the meal, prompting the doctor to suggest dietary changes.

Examples

  • Some of the medication remained unassimilated, leading to ineffective treatment.

  • Unassimilated data detected.

  • For Yve-Alain Bois, these negative spaces, most likely "reintegrated into the circuit of production," speak to a universal late capitalist condition in which systems of exchange allow nothing to go unassimilated.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The leftover food was unassimilated by her body, causing digestive issues.

Synonyms

undigested
vsunassimilated
5 6.1

Food left in the stomach because the body did not break it down, or an idea not fully thought about

focuses on lack of uptake into body tissues rather than only digestion
unassimilable
vsunassimilated
  • Specialized
9.3

Not able to be absorbed or used by living things

is about not being absorbed, digested, or taken into body tissues
unabsorbed
vsunassimilated
6.1

Not taken into something, for example liquid or light left on the surface

is specifically about not becoming part of organism tissues
nonabsorbable
vsunassimilated
  • Specialized
6.1

Not able to be taken in by the body or by materials

describes presence outside organism tissues rather than inherent inability to absorb
unabsorbable
vsunassimilated
7.7

Not able to be soaked up by a material or by the body

refers to remaining unincorporated in body tissues rather than absorptive capacity
nondigestible
vsunassimilated
  • Specialized
6.7

Cannot be broken down by the body

is broader, covering failure to enter or become part of body tissues
inassimilable
vsunassimilated
9.9

Unable to become part of a group, culture, or system

applies to physical nonuptake into organism tissues rather than social integration

Surface Forms

unassimilated positive

Morphology

unassimilated = assimilated (transparent) = un + assimilate + ed

The adjective is formed by negating the participle 'assimilated' with the productive prefix 'un-' to mean 'not assimilated'.

Etymology

Unassimilated comes from un- 'not' and assimilate 'make similar' or 'absorb', the same root as similar; think of food that does not become part of the body. So, in medicine it means something that is not absorbed into the body.