indigestible

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   difficult or impossible for the body to digest

   The dense, undercooked dough was nearly indigestible.

2. 2
   adj

   figurative: difficult to understand, accept, or tolerate

   The report presented its conclusions in an indigestible mass of technical detail.

3. 3
   noun

   something, especially food, that is difficult to digest

   The basket was filled with greasy indigestibles.

Formed from in-, 'not,' + digestible. The physical sense describes food the body cannot readily break down; figurative use transfers that difficulty to ideas, information, or experiences that are hard to absorb.

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