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unalimentary

unalimentary adjective: not nourishing to eat.

Adjective

unalimentary (comparative more unalimentary, superlative most unalimentary)

  1. Not nourishing to eat.
    • Indolence and unalimentary food are the parents of this disease; but to neither are Indians accustomed.1789, The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, volume 68, page 341
    • Earths are perhaps, not altogether unalimentary. The luxurious Capuans paid a considerable tribute to the Neapolitans, for an earth called Leucogaeum which they considered necessary for the preparation of a favourite dish […]1820, Hans Busk, The Dessert, a Poem: To which is Added the Tea, page 92

Forms of unalimentary

comparativemore unalimentary
superlativemost unalimentary

Origin of unalimentary

From un- + alimentary.

Questions about unalimentary

What does unalimentary mean?
Unalimentary means not nourishing to eat.
What part of speech is unalimentary?
Unalimentary is an adjective.

Words near unalimentary in the dictionary

  1. unaligned
  2. unalignment
  3. unalike
  4. unalikeness
  5. unalikenesses
  6. unalimentary
  7. unalist
  8. unalists
  9. unalive
  10. unalived
  11. unaliveness

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