inconsumable

[ in-kuhn-soo-muh-buhl ]

adjective

1. not consumable; incapable of being consumed.

inconsumable

/ ˌɪnkənˈsjuːməbəl /

adjective

1. incapable of being consumed or used up
2. economics providing an economic service without being consumed, as currency

Derived Forms

• ˌinconˈsumably, adverb

Other Words From

• incon·suma·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of inconsumable¹

First recorded in 1640–50; in- ³ + consumable

Example Sentences

For did she not know that God gives the heart of a poet to be as fuel to his genius, for ever consumed and inconsumable?

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These two substances are really inconsumable, and continue to exist, after they meet in a combined form, as carbonic acid gas.

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With us there is left the soul, which is expressly said to be inconsumable.

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Inconsumable, in-kon-sūm′a-bl, adj. that cannot be consumed or wasted.

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