indigestibility

American  

[in-di-jes-tuh-bi-li-tee, in-dahy-] / ˌɪn dɪˌdʒɛs təˈbɪ lɪ ti, ˌɪn daɪ- /

noun

1. the quality of being difficult or impossible to digest.

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Example Sentences

There was a half-serious discussion about the indigestibility of raw onion, and Ike remarked that they had once bothered him, but he hadn't been upset by them for a long time.

From Time Magazine Archive

That evening her milk seemed thin, and the judge attributed it to the indigestibility of the table-cloth.

From Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot by Clark, Charles Heber

Indeed, an excellent prophylactic in the matter of indigestion is to prevent as far as possible all conversation at table about the indigestibility of food.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

Part of it, no doubt, passes unchanged through its body, either owing to its indigestibility, or to its being given in excess.

From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Cameron, Charles Alexander, Sir

It is the indigestibility of fat, and this property of delaying the digestion of other foods, chiefly that render pastry and cakes so deleterious to health.

From Science in the Kitchen. by Kellogg, Mrs. E. E.