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undigesting

undigesting adjective: that does not digest.

Adjective

undigesting (not comparable)

  1. That does not digest.
    • You first taught me that the doctrine was a live thing, and not a mere formula to be swallowed by the undigesting reason, and from the time that I learnt from you that a Father meant a real Father, a Son a real Son, and a Holy Spirit a real Spirit, who was really good and holy.1877, Charles Kingsley, Frances Eliza Grenfell Kingsley, Charles Kingsley: His Letters and Memoires of His Life, page 215
  2. Not undergoing digestion.
    • During sleep, normal digestion is delayed or arrested altogether; and the sleeplessness may be directly ascribed in these cases to the presence of undigesting food, which is often indigestible and usually acid.1895, Sidney Martin, Functional & organic diseases of the stomach, page 179

Origin of undigesting

From un- + digesting.

Questions about undigesting

What does undigesting mean?
Undigesting means that does not digest.
What part of speech is undigesting?
Undigesting is an adjective.

Words near undigesting in the dictionary

  1. undigestable
  2. undigested
  3. undigestedness
  4. undigestibility
  5. undigestible
  6. undigesting
  7. undigestion
  8. undiggable
  9. undigged
  10. undigging
  11. undight

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