adjective
inedible
adjective
1
Not fit or safe to be eaten.
"The mushroom turned out to be inedible, if not outright poisonous."
"By the time we got home, the leftovers were inedible."
How to Use Inedible
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishNot safe or fit to eat, whether because it's spoiled, poisonous, or just cooked badly.
Common mistake
"Inedible" usually implies something is fundamentally not food (or unsafe), while "uneatable" more often just means unpleasant to eat.
Easily confused with
inedible →
uneatable
Word Forms
inedibles plural
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Etymology
From in- (\"not\") plus edible.