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Recent Examples of inedible
Reading his recent fiction, one might feel duped in the way of the tourist who eats at a beachfront restaurant only to discover that, because the view is lovely and the foot traffic abundant, the food gets away with being nearly inedible.
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july 3, Literary Hub, 3 July 2025
Terrible cooks from across the land present their worst-ever creations, from inedible spicy dishes to crazy flavor combinations that chefs didn’t dare taste.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 23 June 2025
Composting helps transform those scraps—along with inedible trimmings like eggshells and apple cores—back into valuable nutrients.
—Jen Rose Smith, AFAR Media, 27 May 2025
These foods insist on time and care—caramelization via the Maillard reaction is a central component of all cooking, a transformation from inedible to life-sustaining.
—Bedatri D. Choudhury, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
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july 3, Literary Hub, 3 July 2025
Terrible cooks from across the land present their worst-ever creations, from inedible spicy dishes to crazy flavor combinations that chefs didn’t dare taste.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 23 June 2025
Composting helps transform those scraps—along with inedible trimmings like eggshells and apple cores—back into valuable nutrients.
—Jen Rose Smith, AFAR Media, 27 May 2025
These foods insist on time and care—caramelization via the Maillard reaction is a central component of all cooking, a transformation from inedible to life-sustaining.
—Bedatri D. Choudhury, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inedible
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Researchers have hypothesized that great white sharks have started to identify humans as a nonedible presence in SoCal waters.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2023
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The next step is to figure out a way to make as many of those nonedible pieces out of edible materials instead, as well as finding a way to carry a payload (like water) in an edible container.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
8 Mar. 2023
Adjective
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Around 20 elephants died over an eight-year period at a single site in Ampara after consuming indigestible food wrappers and other plastic waste.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Cooling the rice allows for indigestible resistant starch to form.—
Stephanie Brown,
Verywell Health,
18 July 2025
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“Inedible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inedible. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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