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inedible

/ɪˈnɛ.dɪ.bəl/

inedible adjective: not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat.

Adjective

inedible (not comparable)

  1. Not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat.
    • inedible dinner
    • inedible food
    Antonyms:
    edible

Noun

inedible (plural inedibles)

  1. Anything inedible; that which is not a foodstuff.

inedible meaning in Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

inedible in Marathi

not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
अखाद्य akhādya, खाण्यास अयोग्य khāṇyās ayogya

inedible in Bengali

inedible, not eatable
অখাদ্য ôkhaddô

inedible in Malayalam

uneatable, unfit to eat, indigestible
അഭോജ്യ, ഭക്ഷ്യയോഗ്യമല്ലാത്ത, ഭക്ഷിക്കാൻ കൊള്ളാത്ത, തിന്നാൻകൊള്ളാത്ത, നിരാസ്വാദ, അനാദ്യ

inedible in Kannada

ತಿನ್ನಲು ಯೋಗ್ಯವಲ್ಲದ, ತಿನ್ನಲು ತಕ್ಕುದಲ್ಲದ, ತಿನ್ನಲು ಅನರ್ಹವಾದ, ಅಖಾದ್ಯ, ಅಭಕ್ಷ್ಯ, ತಿನ್ನಲಾಗದ
More languagesFewer languages
inedible in Gujarati
અખાદ્ય akhādya
inedible in Thai
กินไม่ได้, กินไม่ลง, หมาไม่แดก mǎa-mâi-dɛ̀ɛk

Synonyms of inedible

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of inedible

Forms of inedible

pluralinedibles

Origin of inedible

From in- + edible.

Words formed from inedible

Questions about inedible

What does inedible mean?
Inedible means not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat.
What is inedible in Marathi?
Inedible in Marathi is अखाद्य (akhādya), खाण्यास अयोग्य (khāṇyās ayogya). See Inedible meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is inedible?
Inedible can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce inedible?
Inedible is pronounced /ɪˈnɛ.dɪ.bəl/.

Words near inedible in the dictionary

  1. inedges
  2. inedia
  3. inediate
  4. inediates
  5. inedibility
  6. inedible
  7. inedibleness
  8. inedibles
  9. inedibly
  10. inedita
  11. inedited

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: inedible (page history and authors); অখাদ্য (Bengali) (page history and authors); inedible (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); inedible (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); અખાદ્ય (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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