inedible
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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
In an attempt to attract more students, Peixin chefs had used inedible paint to "enhance the look" of its meals, the report said.
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2025
The results were rarely inedible, but often disconcerting: over-salted, over-spiced, somehow both cloying and sharp, like they couldn’t decide what they wanted to be.
From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025
For nearly a year, I sopped around the house, the Store, the school and the church, like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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