# inedible

/ˌɪˈnɛdəbəɫ/ (US) · /ɪnˈɛdəbəl/ (UK) · CEFR B2 · Adjective

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/inedible
Updated: 2026-10-16

## Definition

not safe or good to eat. You use it for food that is spoiled, poisonous, or too hard to chew.

For teachers: unsuitable for eating because spoiled, poisonous, or too hard to chew and digest. Often contrasted with edible.

## Examples

- This old bread is dry and inedible.
- He left the potatoes in the oven too long and they turned black and inedible.
- After weeks without rain, the garden's berries shrivelled into small, bitter lumps that even the birds left untouched as inedible.

## Antonyms

edible

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