undigested

adjective un·di·gest·ed \ ˌən-dī-ˈje-stəd , -də- \

Updated on: 22 Apr 2018

Definition of undigested

: not digested

undigested food

Their remarks … have a somewhat disconnected, intellectually undigested quality.
—Maggie Scarf

Recent Examples of undigested from the Web

Its long-undigested past is at last considered suitable material for television programmes.

— The Economist, "Squarely in the frameGerman history takes to the small screen," 12 Apr. 2018
The only thing in food that makes it to your colon undigested and intact is dietary fibre (think corn).

— ruben meerman and andrew brown, CNN, "Where fat goes when you lose weight," 26 Mar. 2018
The python young are still packed full of undigested egg yolk when they are born.

— jason daley, Smithsonian, "Study Reveals Pythons Take Care of Their Offspring, For a Little While," 15 Mar. 2018
Like a fan overindulging with beer, the snowy owl coughed up the undigested remnants of its meals.

— katie vogel, Cincinnati.com, "Pitchers and catchers report in a month, but a snowy owl already visited Great American Ball Park," 11 Jan. 2018
This young lion had a gob of undigested goat meat and black goat hair inside it.

— sacbee, "California voters banned mountain lion hunting three decades ago, but the shooting never stopped," 3 Nov. 2017
The nudibranch Cratena peregrina (pictured), a type of sea slug, often attacks prey that have just eaten, thus getting an extra boost of nutrition from the prey’s undigested meal, a new analysis reveals.

— sid perkins, Science | AAAS, "This sea slug has a trick for getting an extra treat," 31 Oct. 2017
But to me, my brain and body felt more like a tree: the undigested traumatic experiences in my mind had roots that stretched into my chest and limbs.

— leah vincent, The Cut, "Me, Lady Gaga, and the Medical Establishment That Failed Us Both," 27 Sep. 2017

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adjective un·di·gest·ed \ ˌən-dī-ˈjest-əd \

medical Definition of undigested

: not digested

undigested food

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