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(ɪnedɪbəl)
adjective
If you say that something is inedible, you mean you cannot eat it, for example because it tastes bad or is poisonous.
Detainees complained of being given food which is inedible.
...the unnecessary killing of large numbers of inedible fish.
Synonyms: uneatable, unpalatable, disagreeable, unpleasant More Synonyms of inedible

inedible in British English

(ɪnˈɛdɪbəl)
adjective
not fit to be eaten; uneatable
Derived forms
inedibility (inˌediˈbility)
noun

inedible in American English

(ɪnˈɛdəbəl)
adjective
not edible; not fit to be eaten
Derived forms
inedibility (ˌinediˈbility)
noun

Examples of 'inedible' in a sentence
inedible

They took the wrong sort of tent and their tinned food proved inedible.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It seems the meat is almost inedible anyway.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The food's not only inedible but is dished up in large portions.
The Sun (2009)
Where they are exposed to the light, new potatoes go green and become inedible.
The Sun (2009)
Since Neolithic times we have used livestock to turn inedible grass into food.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Loneliness was rife, the food often inedible and the standard of education appalling.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It became a journey of headaches and hunger; inedible food provided from vending machines.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I use my intelligence and senses to tell me whether or not food is inedible.
The Sun (2015)
We found the food inedible.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
And the food was inedible.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The sliced potatoes on top overdone, tough, inedible.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The skin was extremely greasy underneath, the meat very poor; it was almost inedible.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Like a cappuccino, a hamburger should be easy to get right, but is too often inedible.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Prices are too high, prize money too low, the food is inedible and the queues too long.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Producers of inedible food aren't that bothered anyway and won't notice that appreciation is no more than polite.
Thomas Blaikie Blaikie's Guide to Modern Manners (2005)

In other languages
inedible

British English: inedible ADJECTIVE
If you say that something is inedible, you mean you cannot eat it, for example because it tastes bad or is poisonous.
Detainees complained of being given food which is inedible.
  • American English: inedible
  • Brazilian Portuguese: não-comestível
  • Chinese: 不可食用的
  • European Spanish: incomible
  • French: immangeable
  • German: ungenießbar
  • Italian: immangiabile
  • Japanese: 食用に適さない
  • Korean: 먹을 수 없는
  • European Portuguese: não comestível
  • Latin American Spanish: incomible

(adjective) 
Definition
not fit to be eaten
They complained of being given food which was inedible.
Synonyms
uneatable
unpalatable
a lump of dry, unpalatable cheese
disagreeable
a disagreeable odour
unpleasant
an unpleasant taste of cheap coffee
distasteful
an extremely unpleasant and distasteful experience
unsavoury
unsavoury school meals
repugnant
His actions were improper and repugnant.
unappetizing
cold and unappetizing chicken

Additional synonyms

in the sense of disagreeable
Definition
(of an incident or situation) unpleasant
a disagreeable odour
Synonyms
nasty,
offensive,
disgusting,
unpleasant,
distasteful,
horrid (informal),
repellent,
unsavoury,
obnoxious,
unpalatable,
displeasing,
repulsive,
objectionable,
repugnant,
uninviting,
yucky or yukky (slang),
yucko (Australian, slang)
in the sense of distasteful
Definition
unpleasant or offensive
an extremely unpleasant and distasteful experience
Synonyms
unpleasant,
offensive,
obscene,
undesirable,
unsavoury,
obnoxious,
unpalatable,
displeasing,
repulsive,
objectionable,
disagreeable,
repugnant,
loathsome,
abhorrent,
nauseous,
uninviting
in the sense of repugnant
Definition
offensive or disgusting
His actions were improper and repugnant.
Synonyms
distasteful,
offensive,
foul,
disgusting,
revolting,
sickening,
vile,
horrid (informal),
repellent,
obnoxious,
objectionable,
nauseating,
odious,
hateful,
loathsome,
abhorrent,
abominable,
yucky or yukky (slang),
yucko (Australian, slang)

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