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single-use

adj

Etymology

Bahuvrīhi compound of single + use.

  1. derived from uti — “to use”
  2. derived from uso — “use”
  3. derived from user — “use, employ, practice”
  4. inherited from usen
  5. derived from ūsus — “use, custom, skill, habit”
  6. derived from us
  7. inherited from use
  8. compounded as single-use — “single + use”

Definitions

  1. Designed or intended to be used one time and then discarded or disposed of.

    • Filtrona Plastics, Victoria, has supplied Malaysia with $20 000 worth of single-use plastic ware for hospitals and laboratories.
    • For example, more than 100 cities have adopted restrictions on polystyrene takeout containers, and the state has banned single-use plastic grocery bags.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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