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# inedible

«inedible» in Mova's school dictionary: **poisonous, rotten or not food at all** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (inedible)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Not fit or safe to eat, because it is poisonous, rotten or not food at all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inedible/#m1)

2) (informal) Tasting so bad that you cannot eat it: the burnt toast was inedible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inedible/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and outdoor-safety lessons, many wild berries and mushrooms are inedible or poisonous — never eat wild plants without an expert adult. In cooking stories, burnt food is «inedible». Phrases: completely inedible, inedible parts, inedible mushrooms.

### examples

- Some wild mushrooms are inedible and even deadly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inedible/#x1)
- The burnt pizza was inedible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inedible/#x2)
- The peel of a banana is inedible for people, but goats eat it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inedible/#x3)
- Plastic fruit is inedible — it's just for show. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inedible/#x4)
- The cake was so salty it was inedible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inedible/#x5)
- Never eat berries in the woods; many are inedible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inedible/#x6)

### note

Opposite: «edible» (safe to eat). Do not confuse with «indelible» (cannot be rubbed out, like an indelible pen). «Inedible» is stronger than «not tasty».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «inedible» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inedible/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.