Examples of undrinkable in a Sentence
The water was undrinkable and had to be boiled.
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All the money in the world isn’t going to save you when the air is polluted and the water is undrinkable.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
His version is a stunning double-shot of absinthe to which is added almost a full glass of Champagne, a nearly undrinkable concoction with enough alcohol to tranquilize a bull.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2025
Pollution, drought and [neglect] have rendered many of our rivers first undrinkable, then unswimmable and then untouchable.
—Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 5 Dec. 2025
This sour-cherry beer is totally undrinkable, but no one cares, because Ted Danson is a national treasure.
—Evan Allgood, New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2025
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
His version is a stunning double-shot of absinthe to which is added almost a full glass of Champagne, a nearly undrinkable concoction with enough alcohol to tranquilize a bull.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2025
Pollution, drought and [neglect] have rendered many of our rivers first undrinkable, then unswimmable and then untouchable.
—Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 5 Dec. 2025
This sour-cherry beer is totally undrinkable, but no one cares, because Ted Danson is a national treasure.
—Evan Allgood, New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2025
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“Undrinkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undrinkable. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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