undrinkable

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ drinkable.

Adjective

undrinkable (comparative more undrinkable, superlative most undrinkable)

1. Not drinkable.

Synonyms

• impotable

Coordinate terms

• inedible

Translations

not drinkable

• Afrikaans: ondrinkbaar
• Bulgarian: негоден за пиене (negoden za piene)
• Danish: udrikkelig
• Dutch: ondrinkbaar (nl)
• Finnish: juomakelvoton (fi)
• French: imbuvable (fr)
• Georgian: სასმელად უვარგისი (sasmelad uvargisi), დასალევად უვარგისი (dasalevad uvargisi), სასმელად გამოუდეგარი (sasmelad gamoudegari), დასალევად გამოუდეგარი (dasalevad gamoudegari), სასმელად გამოუსადეგი (sasmelad gamousadegi), დასალევად გამოუსადეგი (dasalevad gamousadegi)
• German: untrinkbar
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἄποτος (ápotos)

• Hungarian: ihatatlan (hu)
• Japanese: 飲めない (nomenai)
• Manx: neuiuoil
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: udrikkelig

  Nynorsk: udrikkeleg

• Polish: nie zdatny do picia
• Swedish: odrickbar (sv)

Noun

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.