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

Residents at some Clearsprings sites have told the BBC of poor conditions inside their hotels, and sent us photos and video diaries of the food provided, describing some of it as "inedible".

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

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

From Salon • Aug. 17, 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