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consumeless

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Etymology

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From consume +‎ -less.

Adjective

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consumeless

  1. (archaic) indestructible; not able to be consumed or used up.
    • 1634, Francis Quarles, Emblems, divine and moral:
      How the purple waves / Scald their consumeless bodies.
    • 1754, Robert Dodsley, Public Virtue, page 46:
      Thy blazing hearths, / From deep sulphureous pits, consumeless stores / Of fuel boast.