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# undigested

«undigested» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not broken down by the body yet, or not broken down at all** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (undigested)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (of food) Not broken down by the body yet, or not broken down at all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undigested/#m1)

2) (of facts or ideas) Not thought about or understood properly yet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undigested/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons about the digestive system: some food, like corn skins and fibre, can pass through undigested. In school, «undigested facts» are learned by heart without understanding. Tells the reader something has not been processed.

### examples

- Some seeds pass through birds undigested and grow into new plants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undigested/#x1)
- Fibre leaves the body mostly undigested, but it is still good for you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undigested/#x2)
- The owl coughed up a pellet of undigested fur and bones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undigested/#x3)
- He crammed the facts the night before, and they stayed undigested. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undigested/#x4)
- Swimming straight after a big meal with food still undigested can feel uncomfortable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undigested/#x5)
- The report was full of undigested numbers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undigested/#x6)

### note

Takes «an». Digestion = breaking food into tiny parts the body can use. The old myth that you must wait an hour after eating to swim is not a firm rule; you may just feel uncomfortable.

### Trees and pragmatics

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