inedible
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4.5
- adjective
- /ɪˈnɛdɪbəl/
:
incomestible
- Olive leaves are inedible.
- rendered inedible
Like my dad would buy like the fucking on sale steak that was three days expired and like I mean it's inedible also what they cooked.
- Like my dad would buy like the fucking on sale steak that was three days expired and like I mean it's inedible also what they cooked.
Examples
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I hate to say this, but if we don't sit down right away, that roast beef is just going to be inedible.
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The soldiers were finding that their morning bread, tea, porridge, and cheese were inedible.
Fiction book (1994) -
Indeed, it was almost inedible, except for the trifle, which was quite good.
Fiction book (2002) -
Maybe they're inedible, I thought; otherwise, why would anyone throw away a mountain of good food?
Fiction book (1997) -
We were hungry when we boarded, but the food was almost inedible.
Academic text (1993) -
Use all the bones and inedible scraps to make soup stock.
Blog text (32) -
The food is inedible.
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First, the grain had to be threshed to remove the inedible husks.
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It is absolutely inedible.
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The soup was so overcooked that it became inedible and had to be thrown away.
Synonyms
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1.8
Food that is no longer safe to eat because it has gone bad
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7.1
Too hard to bite or eat, often said about meat
Not safe or good to eat
Too large or hard to put in your mouth safely
Antonyms
How Edible
Surface Forms
Morphology
inedible = edible (transparent) = in + ed + ible
The negative prefix 'in-' combines straightforwardly with 'edible' to mean 'not edible'.
Etymology
Inedible is made from the prefix in- meaning 'not' and edible meaning 'fit to eat', so it literally means 'not suitable for eating' and is used for food you should not eat.