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nonrenewable

adj

Etymology

From non- + renewable.

  1. derived from nīewian — “to restore; renovate; renew”
  2. inherited from renewen
  3. formed as renewable — “renew + -able”
  4. prefixed as nonrenewable — “non + renewable”

Definitions

  1. Not able to be renewed

    Not able to be renewed; incapable of renewal.

  2. unsustainable

    unsustainable; not able to be regrown or renewed; not having an ongoing or continuous source of supply

    • Coal is nonrenewable.

  3. A resource that is not renewable.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nonrenewable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA