non-renewableadj.
/ˌnɒnrᵻˈnjuːəbl/, U.S. /ˌnɑnrəˈn(j)uəb(ə)l/, /ˌnɑnriˈn(j)uəb(ə)l/ That is not renewable.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [adjective] > renewing > not renewed or renewable
unrepeated1624
irrenewable1888
non-renewable1903
1903 Amer. Hist. Rev. 9 165 It is curious to note that the name permanent, which some Parisians took to mean non-renewable instead of continuously in session, gave no similar offense.
1956 Ld. Boyd-Orr in A. Pryce-Jones New Outl. Mod. Knowl. 539 This great accelerating rate of increasing consumption of non-renewable sources of energy.
1974 Guardian 27 Aug. 14/6 Human time..is the ultimate non-renewable resource.
1996 W. Hutton State we're In (rev. ed.) vii. 189 They cannot expect more than non-renewable one-year contracts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1903