indigestible
Can't break down
Indigestible describes food or material that cannot be broken down by the digestive system: Cellulose is indigestible to humans.
The word extends to anything difficult to absorb or process mentally: an indigestible mass of statistics, The novel's dense prose proved indigestible.
What's indigestible resists being taken in and made useful.
Plant wall polysaccharide
- ligninStructural plant polymer
- chitinArthropod shell polymer
- fiberPlant-based digestive aid
- gristleTough connective tissue
cartilage · sinew · collagen · keratin · pectin · roughage · bran · husks
Impossible to understand
- impenetrableImpossible to pass through
- denseClosely packed together
- opaqueImpassable to light
- abstruseDifficult to comprehend
unfathomable · convoluted · difficult · heavy · inaccessible · turgid · unreadable · obscure
Having much of something
stodgy · dense · filling · bloating · heartburn · dyspepsia · acid reflux · leaden
Causing urge to vomit
- revoltingCausing strong disgust
- disgustingProvoking strong revulsion
- repulsiveCausing strong disgust
- sickeningCausing disgust or nausea
stomach-turning · gross · vile · foul · unappetizing · unsavory · disagreeable · offensive
Capable of causing harm
- poisonousCapable of causing death
- nonfoodNot meant for eating
- plasticCapable of being molded
- waxPliable waterproof substance
bone · shell · pit · seed · husk · peel · rind · foreign body
cellulose
Plant wall polysaccharide
gristle · cartilage · sinew · collagen · keratin · pectin · roughage · bran · husks · rinds
incomprehensible
Impossible to understand
- impenetrableImpossible to pass through
- denseClosely packed together
- opaqueImpassable to light
abstruse · unfathomable · convoluted · difficult · heavy · inaccessible · turgid · unreadable · obscure · labyrinthine
rich
Having much of something
fried · stodgy · dense · filling · bloating · heartburn · dyspepsia · acid reflux · leaden · uncomfortable
nauseating
Causing urge to vomit
- revoltingCausing strong disgust
- disgustingProvoking strong revulsion
- repulsiveCausing strong disgust
sickening · stomach-turning · gross · vile · foul · unappetizing · unsavory · disagreeable · offensive · repellent
toxic
Capable of causing harm
wax · bone · shell · pit · seed · husk · peel · rind · foreign body · bezoar
polysaccharides
Multi-unit sugar polymers
saponins · lectins · fermentable · insoluble
indigestibledigestible
Able to be absorbed
light · assimilable · absorbable · predigested · nourishing
indigestibledigestible
Able to be absorbed
comprehensible · accessible · understandable · assimilable · clear