nondigestible

Examples

• All

• She avoids processed foods because they often contain nondigestible ingredients that can disrupt digestion.

• Genetic modification of nondigestible xylem tissue would make stems better cattle feed and enhance their conversion to ethanol.

  Academic text (2002)

• A nondigestible type of complex carbohydrate.

  Blog text (9)

• Foods that are high in nondigestible fibers can help improve digestive health.

Synonyms

I

indigestible

vsnondigestible

2 6.0

Food or things that the stomach cannot break down easily

is absolute inability rather than sometimes only difficult to digest

U

unabsorbable

vsnondigestible

1 7.7

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

is about bodily digestion inability, not uptake between materials

U

unassimilated

vsnondigestible

• Specialized

1 8.4

Not absorbed or digested by the body

is about digestion failure inside the body rather than tissue incorporation

U

unassimilable

vsnondigestible

• Specialized

9.3

Not able to be absorbed or used by living things

is focused only on digestion by the body rather than broader incorporation

N

nonabsorbable

vsnondigestible

• Specialized

6.1

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

focuses on inability to be digested inside the body rather than mere absorption

Antonyms

D

digestible

2 3.2

Able to be broken down and taken into the body

How Digestible

digestible

2 3.2

nondigestible

• Specialized

1 6.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology