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Recent Examples of inedible
How to Eat To eat the beans, remove the inedible green pods and boil them, says Allen.
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Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 30 Dec. 2025
The cake, however, was mostly inedible.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
Zeus goes for the more pleasing wrapping and ends up with inedible bones.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
They are riddled with large, dark brown inedible seeds, and the pulp must be removed from the seeds to be used.
—Stephanie Ganz, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
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Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 30 Dec. 2025
The cake, however, was mostly inedible.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
Zeus goes for the more pleasing wrapping and ends up with inedible bones.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
They are riddled with large, dark brown inedible seeds, and the pulp must be removed from the seeds to be used.
—Stephanie Ganz, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inedible
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Researchers have hypothesized that great white sharks have started to identify humans as a nonedible presence in SoCal waters.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2023
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The next step is to figure out a way to make as many of those nonedible pieces out of edible materials instead, as well as finding a way to carry a payload (like water) in an edible container.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
8 Mar. 2023
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Whichever predator was involved, Henrici notes that the regurgitalite confirms that one of these animals snacked broadly on the smaller critters around it and could vomit up indigestible material, much as modern owls and Komodo dragons do today.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
18 Feb. 2026
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Fiber is an indigestible nutrient that's concentrated in most plant foods.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Inedible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inedible. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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