inedible

American  

[in-ed-uh-buhl] / ɪnˈɛd ə bəl /

adjective

1. not edible; unfit to be eaten.

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inedible British  

/ ɪnˈɛdɪbəl /

adjective

1. not fit to be eaten; uneatable

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Other Word Forms

• inedibility noun

Etymology

Origin of inedible

First recorded in 1815–25; in- ³ + edible

Example Sentences

Monday, it was returned to me, completely stale and inedible.

From Literature

If everything else on the table was, by consensus, borderline inedible, securing salmon in the morning wasn’t just sustenance.

From Salon

The trader said he lost $60,000 last month after a container he imported from Kenya was impounded at the Congolese border for several weeks, rendering milk, cheese and sausages inedible.

From The Wall Street Journal

It would have to be someone quick and close-lipped, for once rumors of those foul-smelling, inedible loaves spread, no respectable baker would dare come to Ashton Place for fear of the dreaded “bakehouse curse.”

From Literature

The mum-of-two first became aware that he liked to try and eat inedible items when he licked the Velcro in his tactile books as a baby.

From BBC