inedible
pronunciation
How to pronounce inedible in British English: UK [ɪnˈedəbl]
How to pronounce inedible in American English: US [ɪnˈɛdəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- not suitable for food
Word Origin
- inedible (adj.)
- "unfit to eat," 1822, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + edible. Related: Inedibly; inedibility.
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Example
- 1. Inedible substances have been making their way into china 's food with disturbing frequency of late .
- 2. Are you sure this fruit is inedible ?
- 3. An inedible or poisonous fungus with an umbrella-shaped fruiting body .
- 4. The waiters were rude , the food inedible .
- 5. But many africans and asians who snack on insects consider shellfish inedible .