unalimentary
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not nourishing to eat.
Example Sentences
- "Indolence and unalimentary food are the parents of this disease; but to neither are Indians accustomed."
- "Earths are perhaps, not altogether unalimentary. The luxurious Capuans paid a considerable tribute to the Neapolitans, for an earth called Leucogaeum which they considered necessary for the preparation of a favourite dish […]"
Etymology
From un- + alimentary.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: un
Inflected Forms
more unalimentary (comparative)
most unalimentary (superlative)