Definitions

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  • adjective That does not consume.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ consuming

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Examples

  • Just how much are Americans unconsuming these days?

    Sustainable Living -- Becoming an Unconsumer 2010

  • Just how much are Americans unconsuming these days?

    Halle Tecco: Sustainable Living -- Becoming an Unconsumer Halle Tecco 2010

  • Just how much are Americans unconsuming these days?

    Halle Tecco: Sustainable Living -- Becoming an Unconsumer 2010

  • Fear... cold and absolute... choked him, knotting his throat in an unconsuming ball, this is existential horror at it's best!

    Mr Hyper's got some splainin' to do! hyperdave 2009

  • Fear... cold and absolute... choked him, knotting his throat in an unconsuming ball, this is existential horror at it's best!

    Archive 2009-03-01 hyperdave 2009

  • Here, in the fore-ground of a vista, stretching an immeasurable length between mountains, ignited from their bases to their lofty summits, with many-colored flame, a chaotic mass rose in dark majesty, which gradually assumed form until it stood, the interior of a vast temple of gorgeous architecture, bright as molten brass, seemingly composed of unconsuming and unquenchable fire. (qtd Altick 123)

    Smoke and Mirrors: Internalizing the Magic Lantern show in _Vilette_ 2005

  • For if he failed again, the flames would be for ever and unconsuming.

    At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

  • For if he failed again, the flames would be for ever and unconsuming.

    At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

  • It was as if they stood at the window of some elven-tower, curtained with threaded jewels of silver and gold, and ruby, sapphire and amethyst, all kindled with an unconsuming fire.

    The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954

  • It was a wand whose tip burned with an unconsuming fire, which glowed and twinkled and blazed like some star sent down by the Gods from their own place in the high heaven.

    The Lost Continent Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne 1905

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