undrinkable

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ drinkable.

Adjective

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undrinkable (comparative more undrinkable, superlative most undrinkable)

  1. Not drinkable.

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Noun

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undrinkable (plural undrinkables)

  1. Anything not suitable for drinking.
    • 1938, The National Review, volume 110, page 514:
      [] but there was a peculiar aroma about that Oxo that no ox had ever provided, unless he were stalled in a chemist's shop, and it was not long before this ruse was discovered and another liquid thereby added to the undrinkables of life.
    • 2018, Craig Hallam, Old Haunts:
      Popping down a cork coaster, the bartender delivered Alan's next drink and plucked the empties and undrinkables as the music changed.