Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Unfit to be eaten; not edible.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not eatable; unfit or unsuitable for food: as, inedible roots; an inedible fruit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not edible; not fit for use as food.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective not
edible ; notappropriate ,worthy , orsafe toeat - noun Anything inedible; that which is not a
foodstuff .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not suitable for food
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Examples
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So far my efforts to keep one or two for tomorrow result in inedible nori and crunchy rice.
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The judges said your soup was inedible, which is the kiss of death.
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After the cows are slaughtered, the remains are separated and what are called the inedible remains are taken to special plants, where they are put through a process called rendering.
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Unfortunately, many of the local animals are inedible, which is why starvation has sometimes been a problem—though usually not in times of peace.
The Cry of the Onlies Judy Klass 2000
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Unfortunately, many of the local animals are inedible, which is why starvation has sometimes been a problem—though usually not in times of peace.
The Cry of the Onlies Judy Klass 2000
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Unfortunately, many of the local animals are inedible, which is why starvation has sometimes been a problem—though usually not in times of peace.
The Cry of the Onlies Judy Klass 2000
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But as soon as Tom said the word "inedible" referring to my chicken feet, I knew it was going to be me.
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Tracey, Stephen, Timothy and Kevin landed in the bottom, and although Stephen's bacon-wrapped Chilean seabass effort was universally panned (Waxman called it "inedible") and horribly executed, Tracey went home for her over-fenneled, sloppy, poorly-cooked italian sausage 'sliders' that Jonathan Waxman claimed his son could make, and that Colicchio said would be insulting to Italians, and therefore himself.
Top Chef DC Finale: Who Will Be Named Top Chef? The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Tracey, Stephen, Timothy and Kevin landed in the bottom, and although Stephen's bacon-wrapped Chilean seabass effort was universally panned (Waxman called it "inedible") and horribly executed, Tracey went home for her over-fenneled, sloppy, poorly-cooked italian sausage 'sliders' that Jonathan Waxman claimed his son could make, and that Colicchio said would be insulting to Italians, and therefore himself.
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Tracey, Stephen, Timothy and Kevin landed in the bottom, and although Stephen's bacon-wrapped Chilean seabass effort was universally panned (Waxman called it "inedible") and horribly executed, Tracey went home for her over-fenneled, sloppy, poorly-cooked italian sausage 'sliders' that Jonathan Waxman claimed his son could make, and that Colicchio said would be insulting to Italians, and therefore himself.
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