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indigestible

[in-di-jes-tuh-buhl, -dahy-]

in·di·gest·i·ble

[in-di-jes-tuh-buhl, -dahy-]
adjective
not digestible; not easily digested.

Origin:
1520–30; < Late Latin indīgestibilis. See in-3, digestible

in·di·gest·i·bil·i·ty, in·di·gest·i·ble·ness, noun
in·di·gest·i·bly, adverb
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Indigestible has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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indigestible (ˌɪndɪˈdʒɛstəbəl)
 
adj
1.  incapable of being digested or difficult to digest
2.  difficult to understand or absorb mentally: an indigestible book
 
indigesti'bility
 
n
 
indi'gestibleness
 
n
 
indi'gestibly
 
adv

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