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- Dictionaryinedible/ɪnˈɛdɪb(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. not fit or suitable for eating: "an inedible variety of mushroom"
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edible. Compare. eatable. non-edible. Fewer examples. Most of the meals were cold and inedible. It was so salty as to be inedible. I don't like throwing out food, but this really was inedible. Western food is not all cold hamburgers, soggy chips, and inedible chicken sandwiches. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of INEDIBLE is not fit to be eaten. How to use inedible in a sentence.
adjective. us / ˌɪnˈed.ə.b ə l / uk / ɪˈned.ə.b ə l / Add to word list. C1. not suitable or good enough to eat: The dish was too spicy, and inedible as a result. The food served in the dining room is practically inedible. Opposite. edible. Compare. eatable. non-edible. Fewer examples. Most of the meals were cold and inedible.
Inedible definition: not edible; unfit to be eaten.. See examples of INEDIBLE used in a sentence.
If you say that something is inedible, you mean you cannot eat it, for example because it tastes bad or is poisonous.
inedible. /ɪnˈɛdɪbəl/ IPA guide. The adjective inedible is good for describing a food that cannot be eaten, like your grandmother's burnt toast, or an object that shouldn't be eaten, like your snow boots.
adjective. /ɪnˈedəbl/ that you cannot eat because it is of poor quality, or poisonous. The waiters were rude, the food inedible. These chemicals make the fruit inedible. opposite edible. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Want to learn more?
