unassimilable
Impossible to integrate
Unassimilable describes something that cannot be absorbed, integrated, or made part of a whole.
Food may be unassimilable if the body can't digest it.
Ideas or facts may be unassimilable if they resist incorporation into existing understanding: The sheer volume of data was unassimilable.
The word appears most often in discussions of immigration, describing groups seen as unable or unwilling to blend into a dominant culture—a usage that often carries prejudicial assumptions.
Impossible to resolve together
- incongruousNot fitting together harmoniously
- discordantLacking musical agreement
- clashingStriking with discord
- conflictingIncompatible with each other
contradictory · mismatched · inharmonious · antagonistic · inconsistent · divergent · dissonant · anomalous
Hatred of outsiders
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
- outsiderOne excluded from group
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
naturalization · enclave · ghetto · expatriate · nonnative · displaced · asylum · ethnicity
Relegation to powerless periphery
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- segregationForced separation by group
outcast · pariah · ghettoization · othering · alienation · isolation · untouchable · unaccepted
Painful stomach after meals
- heartburnGastric acid irritation
- bloatingSwollen, expanded state
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- dyspepsiaImpaired digestion causing discomfort
gastrointestinal · lactose intolerance · gluten sensitivity · acid reflux · fiber · roughage · cellulose · undigestible
irreconcilable
Impossible to resolve together
- incongruousNot fitting together harmoniously
- discordantLacking musical agreement
- clashingStriking with discord
conflicting · contradictory · mismatched · inharmonious · antagonistic · inconsistent · divergent · dissonant · anomalous · paradoxical
xenophobia
Hatred of outsiders
diaspora · naturalization · enclave · ghetto · expatriate · nonnative · displaced · asylum · ethnicity · multicultural
marginalization
Relegation to powerless periphery
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
segregation · outcast · pariah · ghettoization · othering · alienation · isolation · untouchable · unaccepted · social rejection
indigestion
Painful stomach after meals
- heartburnGastric acid irritation
- bloatingSwollen, expanded state
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
dyspepsia · gastrointestinal · lactose intolerance · gluten sensitivity · acid reflux · fiber · roughage · cellulose · undigestible · malabsorption
unassimilableassimilable
Able to be absorbed
absorbable · integrable · digestible · adaptable · bioavailable
unassimilableassimilable
Able to be absorbed
adaptable · acculturated · assimilated · mainstream · naturalized
similarity, similarly, assimilate, dissimilar, assimilation, similarities, assimilative, dissimilarities, assimilable