undrinkable

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adjective

Not drinkable.

Similar
impotable
Opposite
drinkable
OriginEnglish drinkable ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveundrinkable (comparative more undrinkable, superlative most undrinkable)

comparative more undrinkable · superlative most undrinkable

  1. Not drinkable.

    Synonyms: impotable

nounundrinkable (plural undrinkables)

plural undrinkables

  1. Anything not suitable for drinking.

    Popping down a cork coaster, the bartender delivered Alan's next drink and plucked the empties and undrinkables as the music changed.

    2018, Craig Hallam, Old Haunts
    1 more example

    […] but there was a peculiar aroma about that Oxo that no ox had ever provided, unless he were stalled in a chemist's shop, and it was not long before this ruse was discovered and another liquid thereby added to the undrinkables of life.

    1938, The National Review, volume 110, page 514

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot drinkable.

Similar
impotable

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveunsuitable for drinking

Opposite
drinkable
Also see
impotableroughunpalatable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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. Englishdrinkable
  9. Englishundrinkable

From un- + drinkable.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Afrikaans ondrinkbaar
  • ondrinkbaarnot drinkable
Ancient Greek ἄποτος
  • ἄποτος (ápotos)not drinkable
Bulgarian негоден за пиене
  • негоден за пиене (negoden za piene)not drinkable
Catalan imbevible
  • imbeviblenot drinkable
Danish udrikkelig
  • udrikkelignot drinkable
Dutch ondrinkbaar
  • ondrinkbaarnot drinkable
Finnish juomakelvoton
  • juomakelvotonnot drinkable
French imbuvable
  • imbuvablenot drinkable
German untrinkbar
  • untrinkbarnot drinkable
Hungarian ihatatlan
  • ihatatlannot drinkable
Japanese 飲めない
  • 飲めない (nomenai)not drinkable
Norwegian Bokmål udrikkelig
  • udrikkelignot drinkable
Polish niezdatny do picia
  • niezdatny do picianot drinkable
Spanish imbebible
  • imbebiblenot drinkable
Swedish odrickbar
  • odrickbarnot drinkable
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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