inedible
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- inedibility noun
Etymology
Origin of inedible
Example Sentences
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If everything else on the table was, by consensus, borderline inedible, securing salmon in the morning wasn’t just sustenance.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026
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 • Feb. 16, 2026
The food was often inedible, and the water was discolored.
From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026
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 • Nov. 1, 2025
She had always been a fussy eater, and now that they had come to the States, it seemed as if there were twice as many inedible foods that could be piled high on her plate.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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