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inedibility

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in⋅ed⋅i⋅ble

  [in-ed-uh-buhl]
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–adjective
not edible; unfit to be eaten.
Origin:
1815–25; in- 3 + edible

Related forms:
in⋅ed⋅i⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
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in·ed·i·ble   (ĭn-ěd'ə-bəl)   
adj.  Unfit to be eaten; not edible.
in·ed'i·bil'i·ty n., in·ed'i·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

inedible 
"unfit to eat," 1822, from in- "not" + edible (see eat).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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