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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indigestibility

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

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 Sir Charles Alexander Cameron

For myself I am inclined to believe that their supposed indigestibility, etc., arises from the fact that they are generally cooked in hard water.

From Food Remedies Facts About Foods And Their Medicinal Uses by Florence Daniel

They will come out crisp and flaky, and free from all objections on the score of indigestibility.

From The Myrtle Reed Cook Book by Myrtle Reed

One reason for the tardy appreciation of the nutritive value of nuts is their reputation of indigestibility.

From The Suffrage Cook Book by Mrs. L. O. Kleber