How to Use inedible in a Sentence

inedible

adjective
  • The steak was overcooked, but not inedible.
  • Wild birds, of course, don’t watch videos to learn what’s inedible.
    — Virginia Morell, Science | AAAS, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Roots turn tough, pithy, and inedible.
    — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Her kids, picky eaters like many young children, found the meals inedible.
    — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Zeus goes for the more pleasing wrapping and ends up with inedible bones.
    — James Folta, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • On one baking sheet the little squares were inedible, just hard and dry.
    — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2021
  • Even better all those green, inedible tops will break down into soil.
    — Ac Shilton, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2020
  • Here are recipes for a tasty season or an inedible one for each of the 32 teams.
    — Barry Wilner, Star Tribune, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Here’s the scoop on the best milk chocolate chips — and the inedible failures.
    — Jolene Thym, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2017
  • This doesn’t make the egg inedible, but the white along the crack will get a little rubbery.
    — Emily Farris, Bon Appetit, 24 May 2017
  • And like an old piece of fruit, a lot of that data from the early days has grown mushy and inedible.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 9 May 2018
  • Berries can become crumbly and inedible.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 June 2026
  • Ice cream that has been left in the freezer for longer than two months may be inedible due to freezer burn.
    — Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 13 July 2024
  • The only thing that is removed in brown rice is the outer inedible hull.
    — Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Good Housekeeping, 13 Sep. 2020
  • Then, using a spoon, trace it around the inside of the skin to carve out the flesh from the inedible skin.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Groats are the entire kernel of the oat, with just the inedible husk removed.
    — Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2021
  • They are riddled with large, dark brown inedible seeds, and the pulp must be removed from the seeds to be used.
    — Stephanie Ganz, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Most bananas are inedible due to a plethora of large, hard seeds inside.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Predators may then mistake them for something inedible, such as a leaf bud.
    — Magnus Wennman, National Geographic, 17 June 2019
  • The irony is that pilot whales, like whales the world over, are becoming inedible.
    — Amia Srinivasan, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2020
  • When in doubt, trim the asparagus ends so you aren't left chewing for far too long on an inedible piece.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2024
  • But Elmer’s doesn’t dry the right way and is inedible, if nontoxic.
    — Tamar Adler, Vogue, 17 May 2018
  • The site doesn’t seem to care that guns are, generally, inedible.
    — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2018
  • Whole groat oats – oat kernels with the outer, inedible hulls removed.
    — Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 10 Oct. 2020
  • In the case of the pygmy shrew, the only scraps the researchers found after three days were inedible fur, bone and skin.
    — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2023
  • As the name implies, this type needs to be freed of their inedible pods before consumption.
    — Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Second, salt mined near the volcano has become inedible due to the ash fall from Nabro.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2016
  • The moon has disappeared, the sun’s in the wrong part of the sky, food is inedible, and men are bearing children.
    — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Brown rice is rice with the inedible outer hull removed but with the germ and outer layer intact.
    — Katie Workman, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Oats do have an inedible outer layer called the hull, which must be removed before the grain can be eaten.
    — Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 10 Oct. 2020

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