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inedible

[in-ed-uh-buhl] / ɪnˈɛd ə bəl /


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The trader said he lost $60,000 last month after a container he imported from Kenya was impounded at the Congolese border for several weeks, rendering milk, cheese and sausages inedible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

The food was often inedible, and the water was discolored.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026

The mum-of-two first became aware that he liked to try and eat inedible items when he licked the Velcro in his tactile books as a baby.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

The wife cooks comically inedible food; the daughters terrorize Jakob.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2025

“Good-bye, inedible tiny humans and Subala!” called the makara, no longer visible to them.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi




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