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Definition of non-renewable in English: non-renewableadjective 1(of a contract or agreement) not able to be renewed. a non-renewable 15-year term of office Example sentencesExamples - Up until that point, nobody had informed me that my contract would be fixed term and non-renewable.
- The Board is composed of six Board Members, appointed by Council for a four-year, non-renewable term.
- Many low-cost term-life-insurance policies expire and are nonrenewable when you turn 65.
- The organization awards 11 non-renewable scholarships of $2,000 to children of full-time employees of firms that are members in good standing of NASGW.
- The president and vice-president and sixteen members of the eighty-member congress are elected by the nation as a whole for non-renewable four-year terms.
- The other ten members of the council are elected by the General Assembly to two-year nonrenewable terms, with five new members elected each year.
- This is the last chance for the lame-duck president to shore up his legacy (his nonrenewable term ends in early 2003).
- The advantage of long, and nonrenewable, terms is that the members of the second chamber would truly be independent in that nothing which they did could affect their continued membership.
- His family managed to obtain his release, but he was immediately shipped out of the country by the government, on a non-renewable passport with a one-year expiration date.
- Similarly, the new International Criminal Court has nine-year, nonrenewable terms for judges.
- The Commissioner is elected by the Parliamentary Assembly, the successful candidate serving a non-renewable term of six years.
2(of a natural resource or source of energy) existing in finite quantity; not capable of being replenished. non-renewable fossil fuels Example sentencesExamples - These hidden gardens, protected by a strong street-facing facade, are oases for the office workers, producing a tempered microclimate while minimizing use of nonrenewable energy in very hot climates.
- Fossil fuels are the quintessential non-renewable natural resource.
- A community enters a danger zone when it relies on a non-renewable resource - even a huge gas field - for its basic needs of food and water.
- Unfortunately, conservation isn't the only response to the high cost of non-renewable resources.
- In the name of saving nonrenewable energy sources, I plan to ride my bike down here regularly throughout the summer.
- About 90 percent of U.S. electricity comes from nonrenewable sources, mainly fossil fuels and nuclear power.
- These materials are all nonrenewable, require vast amounts of energy to manufacture and recycle and are major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions.
- What motivates oil companies to act now is the simple fact that oil is a finite, non-renewable resource, and, depending on who you consult, is due to run out in 20, 50, or 100 years.
- Plastics are highly energy-intensive and composed mostly of nonrenewable fossil fuels whose supplies are expected to become increasingly limited.
- Lastly, because natural gas is nonrenewable, reliance on it as a fuel offers meager benefits for long-term energy security.
- At present, 90 per cent of Saudi Arabia's non-renewable deep-well water is utilised for agricultural purposes.
- The consumption of resources, including non-renewable energy, is but one factor facing the development industry right now.
- The more we rely on renewable energy, the less dependent we are on utility giants and nonrenewable, polluting fossil fuels.
- The main source of hydrogen today is natural gas - a polluting and nonrenewable fossil fuel.
- Our primary source of energy - oil - is nonrenewable and exhaustible.
- Steel is made from a non-renewable resource so we only have a limited amount to export.
- Mesquite firewood purchased from local woodcutters replaces nonrenewable fossil fuels that must be purchased off the Reservation.
- The project also has the added benefit of replacing non-renewable fossil fuels with a renewable agricultural-based fuel.
- These fuel sources are nonrenewable, even with aggressive replacement strategies in place.
- Trees take longer to mature for harvest, and petroleum is, of course, nonrenewable.
- Hemp can replace many non-renewable resources as well as numerous processed and manufactured goods.
- From the very beginning of the automobile age, industry analysts, following the lead of farsighted engineers, issued warnings about the reliance on a nonrenewable fuel source.
noun usually non-renewablesA non-renewable natural resource or source of energy. sustainability of the supply of non-renewables such as gas is crucial Example sentencesExamples - Civilization's rocketing growth comes from exploiting non-renewables: coal since 1800 and oil since 1900, for example.
- They would rather be running on wind power than contributing to the environmental problems associated with rampant use of non-renewables.
- Every project is part of his singular pursuit of a totally ecological architecture integrated with environment and climate, which reduces consumption of non-renewables and is energy efficient with reduced emissions.
- We must maintain the shift in balance between developing the non-renewables and the renewables sectors.
- Perhaps I shouldn't have cancelled the air-conditioning to cut our use of non-renewables.
- He proposes a future energy mix of 25% nuclear, 15% coal, 40% gas and 20% renewables by 2025 and argues that security and sustainability of supply of non-renewables such as gas is crucial.
- Renewable raw materials bring obvious benefits compared with non-renewables, but it is important to look at how they are produced and processed.
- And inevitably the non-renewables will run out and we will be forced to use sustainable energy.
- Does he seriously see us moving to renewable resources while there are still non-renewables we can burn?
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