Meanings
adjectiveinedible (not comparable)
- not comparableNot edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat.
inedible food
1 more example
inedible dinner
Synonyms: uneatable, unedible, incomestible, indigestible, inesculent, nonedible, unconsumable, uneatable · Antonyms: edible
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat.
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Translations
Ancient Greek ἄβρωτος
- ἄβρωτος (ábrōtos)not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
Catalan immenjable, incomestible
- immenjablenot edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
- incomestiblenot edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
Chinese Mandarin 不能吃的, 不宜食用的
- 不能吃的 (bù néng chī de)not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
- 不宜食用的 (bùyí shíyòng de)not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
Czech nejedlý
- nejedlýnot edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
Finnish syömäkelvoton, syötäväksi kelpaamaton
- syömäkelvotonnot edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
- syötäväksi kelpaamatonnot edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
French immangeable
- immangeablenot edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
German ungenießbar, unessbar
- ungenießbarnot edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
- unessbarnot edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
- nicht essbarnot edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
Greek μη εδώδιμος
- μη εδώδιμος (mi edódimos)not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
Hungarian ehetetlen
- ehetetlennot edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
Italian incommestibile, immangiabile
- incommestibilenot edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
- immangiabilenot edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
Japanese 食べられない, 食えない
- 食べられない (taberarenai)not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
- 食えない (kuenai)not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
Lithuanian nevalgomas
- nevalgomasnot edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
Polish niejadalny
- niejadalnynot edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
Portuguese incomestível
- incomestívelnot edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
Romanian incomestibil, necomestibil
- incomestibilnot edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
- necomestibilnot edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
Russian несъедо́бный
- несъедо́бный (nesʺjedóbnyj)not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
Spanish incomestible, incomible
- incomestiblenot edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
- incomiblenot edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
Swedish oätlig
- oätlignot edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
Thai กินไม่ได้, กินไม่ลง
- กินไม่ได้not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
- กินไม่ลงnot edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
- หมาไม่แดก (mǎa-mâi-dɛ̀ɛk)not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
Ukrainian неїстівни́й
- неїстівни́й (nejistivnýj)not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
Welsh anfwytadwy
- anfwytadwynot edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
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inedible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inedible
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“inedible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inedible. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inedible,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inedible.
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