unconsumable

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adjective

Not able to be consumed.

OriginEnglish consume ← Middle English consumen ← Old French consumer →
Scrabble 18
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Meanings

adjectiveunconsumable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot able to be consumed.

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    1988 April 8, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “The Importance of Being Perverse”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2017

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
inedible

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  10. Proto-Italic*kom
  11. Proto-Italic*kom-
  12. Latincon-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  14. Proto-Italic*supo
  15. Latinsub
  16. Latinsub-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
  19. Proto-Italic*emō
  20. Latinemō
  21. Latinsūmō
  22. Latincōnsūmō
  23. Old Frenchconsumer
  24. Middle Englishconsumen
  25. Englishconsume
  26. Englishunconsumable

From un- + consume + -able.

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Cite this entry
APA

unconsumable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconsumable

MLA

“unconsumable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconsumable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unconsumable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconsumable.

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