"inedible" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Morphologically in- + edible. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|in|edible}} in- + edible Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} inedible (not comparable)
  1. not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: incomestible, indigestible, inedible, inesculent, nonedible, uncomsumable, uneatable Hyponyms: rotten Related terms: food, unpalatable Translations (not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat): ἄβρωτος (ábrōtos) (Ancient Greek), immenjable (Catalan), incomestible (Catalan), 不能吃的 (bù néng chī de) (Chinese Mandarin), 不宜食用的 (bùyí shíyòng de) (Chinese Mandarin), nejedlý (Czech), syömäkelvoton (Finnish), syötäväksi kelpaamaton (Finnish), immangeable (French), incomestible (Galician), incomestíbel (Galician), ungenießbar (German), unessbar (German), nicht essbar (German), μη εδώδιμος (mi edódimos) (Greek), ehetetlen (Hungarian), incommestibile (Italian), immangiabile (Italian), 食べられない (taberarenai) (alt: たべられない) (Japanese), 食えない (kuenai) (alt: くえない) (Japanese), nevalgomas (Lithuanian), не́јадлив (néjadliv) (Macedonian), niejadalny [masculine] (Polish), incomestível (Portuguese), incomestibil (Romanian), necomestibil (Romanian), несъедо́бный (nesʺjedóbnyj) (Russian), incomestible (Spanish), oätlig (Swedish), неїстівни́й (nejistivnýj) (Ukrainian), anfwytadwy (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-inedible-en-adj-VE4MCaAz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 65 35 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 72 28

Noun

Forms: inedibles [plural]
Etymology: Morphologically in- + edible. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|in|edible}} in- + edible Head templates: {{en-noun}} inedible (plural inedibles)
  1. Anything inedible; that which is not a foodstuff.
    Sense id: en-inedible-en-noun-U~iNYDD~

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat",
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          "sense": "not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat",
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          "sense": "not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat",
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          "roman": "mi edódimos",
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          "sense": "not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat",
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          "sense": "not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat",
          "word": "incommestibile"
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          "sense": "not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat",
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      "sense": "not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat",
      "word": "不能吃的"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùyí shíyòng de",
      "sense": "not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat",
      "word": "不宜食用的"
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      "sense": "not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat",
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      "sense": "not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat",
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      "sense": "not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat",
      "word": "immangeable"
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat",
      "word": "incomestible"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat",
      "word": "incomestíbel"
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      "sense": "not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat",
      "word": "ungenießbar"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat",
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      "sense": "not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat",
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      "sense": "not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat",
      "word": "ehetetlen"
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat",
      "word": "incommestibile"
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat",
      "word": "immangiabile"
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      "sense": "not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat",
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      "sense": "not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat",
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