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uneatable

uneatable

5.2
Not safe or good to eat
  • adjective
  • /ˌjuːˈniːtəbl/
translation icon : inedible
  • The fruit was so overripe that it was uneatable and had to be thrown away.

Examples

  • The cake looked nice, but it was uneatable.

  • After sitting out all night, the pizza was cold and uneatable.

  • Many wild mushrooms are uneatable and can even be poisonous.

  • The fish was so overcooked that it became completely uneatable.

  • This fruit is uneatable because it is rotten.

  • After forgetting to refrigerate the leftovers, they became completely uneatable by the next day.

  • When I tried the dish with expired ingredients, I realized it was uneatable and had to discard it.

Synonyms

inedible
vsuneatable
11 4.5

Not safe to eat because it can make you sick

has identical meaning but exists as an alternative form
unchewable
vsuneatable
1 7.1

Too hard to bite or eat, often said about meat

covers not fit to be eaten for any reason, not only texture

Antonyms

edible
78 1.4

Safe to eat and does not make you sick

How Edible

delicious
419 1.0
palatable
31 4.9
edible
78 1.4
uneatable
5.2

Surface Forms

uneatable positive

Morphology

uneatable = eatable (transparent) = un + eat + able

The word 'uneatable' transparently derives from 'eatable', meaning 'not fit for eating'.

Etymology

The word uneatable is made from the parts un- meaning 'not', eat, and -able meaning 'can be', so it literally means 'not able to be eaten'. That's why we call food uneatable when it is not fit or safe to eat.