nonrenewable

See also: non-renewable

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ renewable.

Adjective

nonrenewable (not comparable)

1. Not able to be renewed; incapable of renewal.
2. (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)

1. 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