nonfungible

English

Alternative forms

• non-fungible

Etymology

From non- +‎ fungible.

Adjective

nonfungible (not comparable)

1. (chiefly property law, finance) Not fungible, not interchangeable.
   • 1880, Thomas Erskine Holland, The Elements of Jurisprudence, 12th edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1916, page 107:

     Horses, slaves, and so forth, are non-fungible things, because they differ individually in value and cannot be exchanged indifferently one for another.

   • 2019, Carolyn Korsmeyer, Things: In Touch with the Past, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 100:

     But the claim that love of certain sorts—romantic, maternal, filial—is nonfungible means that this emotion is directed only to the particular individuals who manifest those properties.

Derived terms

• non-fungible token

Noun

nonfungible (plural nonfungibles)

1. (chiefly in the plural) Any nonfungible item.