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  • adverb In an inedible way.

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Examples

  • The mole was by far the most creative use of the market baskets, but for the fact that it was almost inedibly spicy, it might have been a contender.

    A Cooking League of Their Own 2009

  • Most sloe gin in the UK is homemade, much of it in English grandmothers 'kitchens, with actual sloe berries the inedibly bitter fruit of the blackthorn, a relative of the plum harvested from among the autumn hedgerows.

    Spirits: It's sloe time Jason Wilson 2010

  • To make sense of this the reader must understand it as symbol for the absent subject, the vicious illogic of a no-win situation so incredibly, inedibly fucked-up as to be representatively inarticulable.

    Notes on Strange Fiction: Narrative's Function (1) Hal Duncan 2008

  • To make sense of this the reader must understand it as symbol for the absent subject, the vicious illogic of a no-win situation so incredibly, inedibly fucked-up as to be representatively inarticulable.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Hal Duncan 2008

  • The pie came out looking beautiful, I remember, but it was as inedibly tart as you would imagine green grape pie to be.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Mercedes 2008

  • The pie came out looking beautiful, I remember, but it was as inedibly tart as you would imagine green grape pie to be.

    Winemaker's Grape Cake Mercedes 2008

  • Membrillo is the Spanish word for quince, a remarkable fruit that is inedibly hard and astringent when raw, and turns a wonderfully deep orange color when cooked.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Mercedes 2007

  • Pat had told us the apples were quite tart, and indeed they were inedibly astringent, only for use in cooking.

    Overnight Apple Cake Mercedes 2007

  • Membrillo is the Spanish word for quince, a remarkable fruit that is inedibly hard and astringent when raw, and turns a wonderfully deep orange color when cooked.

    Day 7: Quince Ice Cream with Almond Praline Mercedes 2007

  • This apple-cranberry crisp with polenta streusel is aggressively, inedibly and teeth-achingly sweet.

    apple cranberry crisp | smitten kitchen 2007

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