unalimentary

English

Etymology

un- +‎ alimentary

Adjective

unalimentary (comparative more unalimentary, superlative most unalimentary)

1. Not nourishing to eat.
   • 1789, The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, volume 68, page 341:

     Indolence and unalimentary food are the parents of this disease; but to neither are Indians accustomed.

   • 1820, Hans Busk, The Dessert, a Poem: To which is Added the Tea, page 92:

     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 […]