indigested
Americanadjective
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without arrangement or order.
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unformed or shapeless.
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not digested; undigested.
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not duly considered.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of indigested
First recorded in 1585–95; in- 3 + digest ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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When we behold the sun through a humid air and a great quantity of gross and indigested vapors, we see it not clear and bright, but obscure and cloudy, and with glimmering beams.
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
But he is more incorrect, indigested, and redundant: and if Spenser has too much learning, Shakespeare has too much conceit.
From A History of English Poetry: an Unpublished Continuation by Warton, Thomas
"This indigested vomit of the sea Fell to the Dutch by just propriety."
From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John
The Chaldean and Egyptian priests may have furnished the raw material of observation to the Greeks, but the latter alone possessed the scientific genius by which indigested facts were converted into a symmetrical system.
From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by Lord, John
In the mean time, the other day I nearly killed myself with a collar of brawn, which I swallowed for supper, and indigested for I don't know how long: but that is by the by.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas
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