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# indigestible

adjective (indigestible)

«indigestible» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Food that is hard or impossible for the stomach to break down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indigestible/#m1)
2. Hard to understand or accept: an indigestible textbook. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indigestible/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on digestion (fibre is mostly indigestible but good for you); in everyday talk about heavy food or boring books. Phrases: indigestible fibre.

### Examples

- Plastic is indigestible, so animals that eat it get ill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indigestible/#x1)
- Fibre is indigestible but helps food move through your gut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indigestible/#x2)
- The stew was heavy and indigestible. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indigestible/#x3)
- That long report was indigestible. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indigestible/#x4)
- Cows can digest grass that is indigestible to humans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indigestible/#x5)
- Cherry stones are indigestible. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indigestible/#x6)
- It was very heavy and indigestible, but I managed to nibble it up at last. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indigestible/#x7)

### Note

Opposite: digestible. Related: indigestion (a sore, uncomfortable tummy after eating).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «indigestible» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indigestible/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«indigestible» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/indigestible.html) on Mova free.