indigestibility

/'indi,dʤestə'biliti/ Cách viết khác : (indigestibleness) /,indi'dʤestəblnis/

Thân thiện

The doctor explained the indigestibility of certain foods.

Definition

Noun: - The property of being difficult to digest: This refers to the characteristic of food or information that is hard to process, absorb, or understand.

Usage and Examples

• Noun:
  • The indigestibility of the heavy meal caused discomfort. (The property of being difficult to digest in the heavy meal caused discomfort.)
  • The indigestibility of the complex theory made it hard for students to grasp. (The property of being difficult to understand in the complex theory made it hard for students to grasp.)

Advanced Usage

• Conceptual indigestibility: Used metaphorically to describe ideas, data, or art that is extremely challenging to comprehend or accept.
  • The novel's experimental structure contributed to its perceived indigestibility for mainstream readers.
• Nutritional indigestibility: A technical term in food science referring to components like certain fibers that resist breakdown by digestive enzymes.

Variants and Related Words

• Indigestible (adj): Describing something that is difficult or impossible to digest or understand.
  • Indigestible food; an indigestible report.
• Indigestibleness (n): A less common synonym for indigestibility.
• Digestibility (n): The antonym; the property of being easy to digest or understand.

Synonyms

• Unpalatability (when referring to ideas)
• Inassimilability
• Heaviness (informal, for food)

Antonyms

• Digestibility
• Palatability (for ideas)
• Assimilability

Học thuật

Noun

1. the property of being difficult to digest

Từ đồng nghĩa

• indigestibleness