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uneatable

[ee-tuh-buhl] Origin

eat·a·ble

[ee-tuh-buhl]
adjective
noun
2.
Usually, eatables. articles of food.

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Uneatable is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

Origin:
1475–85; eat + -able

non·eat·a·ble, adjective
un·eat·a·ble, adjective
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uneatable (ʌnˈiːtəbəl)
 
adj
not pleasant or safe enough to be eaten

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eatable
late 15c., from eat + -able.
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