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INDIGESTIBLE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Digested with difficulty

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

flatulent (generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal)

heavy (dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal)

nondigestible (not digestible)

undigested (not digested)

stodgy (heavy and starchy and hard to digest)

Also:

inedible; uneatable (not suitable for food)

Antonym:

digestible (capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal)

Derivation:

indigestibility; indigestibleness (the property of being difficult to digest)

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