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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A thousand vague fears, wild expectations, and indigested schemes, hurry through one's thoughts in seasons of doubt and of danger.
From Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott
Anthony a Wood speaks of this writer and of his works in terms of the highest contempt, characterizing the former as “a cock-brained man,” and the latter as “rhapsodical, indigested and whimsical.”
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower
Next, the motions of the alimentary canal become performed with less energy, or cease altogether; and a total want of appetite to solid food occurs, or sickness, or a diarrhœa occasioned by the indigested aliment.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
Its severity exceeded the crime of having produced an unreadable volume of indigested erudition; and the learned scribbler was too hardly used, scarcely escaping with life.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli
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 Thomas Moore
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