indigestible
/,indi'dʤestəbl/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Difficult or impossible to digest: Describes food or substances that are hard for the stomach and intestines to break down and process.
- Difficult to accept or understand mentally: Describes information, ideas, or concepts that are hard to comprehend or accept intellectually.
Usage and Examples
Describing Food:
- The meal was heavy and indigestible, leaving me feeling uncomfortable for hours.
- Beans can be indigestible for some people, causing gas and bloating.
Describing Information or Ideas:
- The professor's lecture was full of indigestible jargon that confused the students.
- He presented an indigestible amount of data in a single, overwhelming report.
Advanced Usage and Nuances
- Figurative Use: Often used metaphorically to describe dense, complex, or unpalatable information.
- The novel's indigestible prose made it a challenging read.
- Formal/Technical Context: Commonly used in medical, nutritional, and academic writing.
Variants and Related Words
- Indigestibility (noun): The quality of being indigestible.
- The indigestibility of the food was the main cause of the stomach ache.
- Indigestion (noun): A condition of discomfort or pain in the stomach caused by difficulty in digesting food.
- Eating too quickly can lead to indigestion.
Synonyms
- Undigestible: Impossible to digest.
- Heavy: (Of food) Sitting uncomfortably in the stomach.
- Stodgy: (Of food) Heavy and filling; (of writing) dull and uninspired.
- Incomprehensible: Impossible to understand.
Antonyms
- Digestible: Easy to digest or understand.
- Light: (Of food) Easy to digest.
- Palatable: Pleasant to taste; (of an idea) acceptable.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- A tough/hard nut to crack: An idiom for a difficult problem to solve or person to understand, similar in concept to an indigestible idea.
- Food for thought: An idea to be pondered, contrasting with an 'indigestible' idea which is difficult to ponder.
Adjective
- digested with difficulty