nonrenewable

See also: non-renewable

English

Etymology

non- +‎ renewable

Adjective

nonrenewable (not comparable)

Not able to be renewed; incapable of renewal.
(With respect to a resource) unsustainable; not able to be regrown or renewed; not having an ongoing or continuous source of supply
Synonym: finite

Antonym: renewable

Coal is nonrenewable.

Translations

not capable of being renewed

Czech: neobnovitelný
Georgian: არაგანახლებადი (araganaxlebadi)
Maori: whatungarongaro

Noun

nonrenewable (plural nonrenewables)

A resource that is not renewable.
Antonyms: renewable energy, renewable

Translations

Translations

Georgian: არაგანახლებადი ენერგია (araganaxlebadi energia), ენერგიის არაგანახლებადი წყარო (energiis araganaxlebadi c̣q̇aro)
Maori: rawa whatungarongaro

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