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inconsumable

[ in-kuhn-soo-muh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. not consumable; incapable of being consumed.


inconsumable

/ ˌɪnkənˈsjuːməbəl /

adjective

  1. incapable of being consumed or used up
  2. economics providing an economic service without being consumed, as currency
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌinconˈsumably, adverb
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Other Words From

  • incon·suma·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?

These two substances are really inconsumable, and continue to exist, after they meet in a combined form, as carbonic acid gas.

With us there is left the soul, which is expressly said to be inconsumable.

Inconsumable, in-kon-sūm′a-bl, adj. that cannot be consumed or wasted.

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