inedible

Example Sentences

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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

Many of the patients told us the food could sometimes be "inedible".

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2025

That’s a block the size of sandwich bread — impossible to melt into grilled cheese, and definitely inedible.

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2025

The forest is full of many other plants deemed inedible.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond