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inconsumable
[ in-kuhn-soo-muh-buhl ]
inconsumable
/ ˌɪnkənˈsjuːməbəl /
adjective
- incapable of being consumed or used up
- economics providing an economic service without being consumed, as currency
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Derived Forms
- ˌinconˈsumably, adverb
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Other Words From
- incon·suma·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of inconsumable1
First recorded in 1640–50; in- 3 + consumable
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Example Sentences
For did she not know that God gives the heart of a poet to be as fuel to his genius, for ever consumed and inconsumable?
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These two substances are really inconsumable, and continue to exist, after they meet in a combined form, as carbonic acid gas.
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With us there is left the soul, which is expressly said to be inconsumable.
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Inconsumable, in-kon-sūm′a-bl, adj. that cannot be consumed or wasted.
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