inconsumable
Americanadjective
adjective
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incapable of being consumed or used up
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economics providing an economic service without being consumed, as currency
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Etymology
Origin of inconsumable
First recorded in 1640–50; in- 3 + consumable
Example Sentences
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With us there is left the soul, which is expressly said to be inconsumable.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 by Various
Our High-Priest is He who offered the sacrifice that cleanses us; that same we offer now which was then offered, which is inconsumable.
From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies
The inconsumable Fidibus is a new invention with which our English friend, Mr. Traveller, was struck in the lodging of Freisleben, and in his notes thereon very graphically described.
From The Student-Life of Germany by William Howitt
Men resist the conclusion in the morning, but adopt it as the evening wears on, that temper prevails over everything of time, place, and condition, and is inconsumable in the flames of religion.
From Essays — Second Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson
These two substances are really inconsumable, and continue to exist, after they meet in a combined form, as carbonic acid gas.
From Natural Law in the Spiritual World by Henry Drummond
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