Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective That cannot be consumed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not consumable; incapable of being consumed, wasted, or spent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
consumable ; incapable of beingconsumed ,wasted , or spent.
Etymologies
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Examples
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We offer that now which was offered then: which is indeed inconsumable.
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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We offer that now which was offered then: which is indeed inconsumable.
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It is evident that whatever is not inconsumable, made of asbestos, will have to be burnt, in this world.
Paras. 25-51 1909
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It is evident that whatever is not inconsumable, made of asbestos, will have to be burnt in this world.
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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?
The Divine Fire May Sinclair 1904
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In such a society, one-tenth of the product being inconsumable, one-tenth of the labor goes unpaid -- production costs more than it is worth.
What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government. 1890
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Thus, so much of every product as is rendered by excessive abundance inconsumable, becomes useless, valueless, unexchangeable, -- consequently, unfit to be given in payment for any thing whatever, and is no longer a product.
What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government. 1890
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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.
Natural Law in the Spiritual World Henry Drummond 1874
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Men resist the conclusion in the morning, but adopt it as the evening wears on, that temper prevails over everything of time, place, and condition, and is inconsumable in the flames of religion.
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Men resist the conclusion in the morning, but adopt it as the evening wears on, that temper prevails over everything of time, place, and condition, and is inconsumable in the flames of religion.
Essays — Second Series Ralph Waldo Emerson 1842
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