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Meaning of "uneatable" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF UNEATABLE

ʌnˈiːtəbəl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNEATABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Uneatable is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNEATABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of uneatable in the English dictionary

The definition of uneatable in the dictionary is not pleasant or safe enough to be eaten.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNEATABLE

beatable · bootable · cheatable · completable · convertible · depletable · eatable · executable · heatable · nondepletable · portable · repeatable · sortable · suitable · transportable · treatable · unbeatable · unrepeatable · unsuitable · untreatable

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNEATABLE

uneager · uneagerly · uneared · unearmarked · unearned · unearned income · unearned increment · unearth · unearthliness · unearthly · unease · uneasily · uneasiness · uneasy · uneatableness · uneaten · uneath · uneccentric · uneclipsed · unecological

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNEATABLE

able · acceptable · accountable · adjustable · charitable · comfortable · inevitable · notable · on the table · palatable · printable · profitable · reputable · stable · table · timetable · unacceptable · uncomfortable · unforgettable · unstable · vegetable

Synonyms and antonyms of uneatable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «uneatable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNEATABLE

Find out the translation of uneatable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of uneatable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «uneatable» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

uneatable
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

uneatable
570 millions of speakers
en

English

uneatable
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

अखाद्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أونياتابل
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

несъедобной
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

Comestível
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

অভোক্তব্য
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

immangeable
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Tidak dapat ditandingi
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

ungenießbar
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

食べられない
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

먹지 못할
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Uneatable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không thể ăn được
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

uneatable
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

अतुलनीय
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

yenmez
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

immangiabile
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

niejadalne
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

неїстівної
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

neânvins
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τρώγεται
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oneetbaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

jägargillet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uneatable
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of uneatable

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNEATABLE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about uneatable

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNEATABLE»

Discover the use of uneatable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to uneatable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia
7- ' THE TALE OF ALL THE WILD ANIMALS, EATABLE AND UNEATABLE. Once upon a time the eatable and the uneatable animals came all together. And after having killed [some] barren cows they ate and drank and rejoiced together.
Enno Littmann
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Words: A User's Guide
uneatable – unfair is the usual equivalent for BE trousers. Informally, if something is pants, this means very bad: That show was pants. This is a BE oral expression. petticoat is a female loose-fitting garment hanging either from the shoulders or ...
Graham Pointon, Stewart Clark, 2014
3
Communication for Work
Many people confuse the two words 'inedible' and 'uneatable', thinking that both describe something that cannot be eaten. If you want to be really precise, you would use the first only if something is unsuitable for eating. Paper is inedible for  ...
Carol Carysforth, 1998
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Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection ...
In the allied species, Diadema bolina, the females are also very different from the males, but are of dusky brown tints, evidently protective and very variable, some specimens having a general resemblance to the uneatable Eupteas ; so that we ...
Alfred Russel Wallace, 2007
5
Iridescences: The Physical Colors of Insects
or it is warned against a real danger by means of a minimalist signal, like a color, common to different uneatable species (M ̈ullerian mimicry). Here there is no deceiving in the proper sense, so the predator is described as an indifferent dupe .
Serge Berthier, 2007
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Taste: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery
This, however, is not sufficient—all sufficient though it sounds. You will not allow an uneatable crust even to be thrown away, you will not hear of rancid dripping, pieces of fat, and things edible of that kind, to find their way into your waste-tub.
Tom Jaine, 1988
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The Categorical Impulse: Essays in the Anthropology of ...
The. Inedible. and. the. Uneatable. (1998). Totemism has an historically important place in the anthropological study of symbolic classification. This essay looks at biological species selected for prohibition by Nuaulu, and asks how we might ...
R. F. Ellen, 2006
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Princeton Alumni Weekly
The. Unspeakable. in. Pursuit. of. the. Uneatable. FROM MY WINDOW at New College, Oxford, I used to watch the Wychwood Warriors playing at war and plunder. They wore ox-hom helmets, chain mail, and other Norse accouterments, and ...
‎1990
9
Darwinism (1889)
This immunity may depend on its being uneatable, or dangerous, or merely strong; andit is the resemblance to such creatures for the purpose of sharing in their safety that constitutes mimicry. Concluding Remarks on Warning Coloursand ...
Alfred Russel Wallace, 2004
10
Tropical Nature and Other Essays
resemblance to some species of the uneatable groups found in the same locality. In like manner there are a few eatable beetles which exactly resemble species of uneatable groups ; and others, which are soft, imitate those which are ...
Alfred Russel Wallace, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNEATABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term uneatable is used in the context of the following news items.
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Kent pasties are better than 'uneatable' Cornish stodge, says holiday …
A DISAPPOINTED tourist says he has tasted better Cornish pasties in Kent, Surrey, Yorkshire and the Midlands. John Peppitt was on holiday with his family in ... «Plymouth Herald, Jul 15»
2
Nicola Sturgeon's retreat from principle will spark surge in anti …
After all, how many Scottish voters give a damn about how the 'unspeakable pursue the uneatable' south of the border? Aren't they more interested in the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Ministry of Health closes TBS for failure to meet food safety standards
... the problem was in the baking process in which the eggs were not completely cooked to kill the bacteria, which caused around 25-30 pots to be uneatable. «Daily News Egypt, Jul 15»
4
Celebrity Masterchef leaves unpleasant taste in the mouth
Watching the latest series of Celebrity Masterchef, with barely known B-listers hacking their way through prime ingredients and serving up the uneatable to the ... «The News Hub, Jul 15»
5
Imported wheat eatable, claims ministry
The food directorate never imported or imports uneatable or rotten wheat. ... 24 June 2014 mentioned that no rotten or uneatable wheat was found in the tests. «Prothom Alo, Jun 15»
6
'Rice, lactogen distributed at Laprak uneatable'
KATHMANDU, JUN 25 - A parliamentary body has confirmed that rice distributed to earthquake survivors at the hardest hit Laprak of Gorkha district was unfit for ... «E Kantipur, Jun 15»
7
The Blatter splatter
... proletarian iteration of fox-hunting — the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable. The sum total of my attendance at football matches is a little over 90 minutes, ... «The Express Tribune, Jun 15»
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Foxhunting was left out of the Queen's Speech but chase is still on …
“Tally-ho … oh no.” That was the cry of the unspeakable as their dreams of pursuing the uneatable fell at the first hurdle this week with the absence from the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
9
Despite ban, fox hunts still thrive, and divide, in Britain
Oscar Wilde dubbed fox hunting "the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable," and a decade ago Wednesday lawmakers banned the centuries-old blood ... «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
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Nancy Banks-Smith on Deirdre Barlow: 'Disaster turned to comedy …
The last time I saw her on TV, she had made her usual uneatable meal (the look on her family's faces showed just how inedible) and had snuggled down with a ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
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