inconsumable

American  

[in-kuhn-soo-muh-buhl] / ˌɪn kənˈsu mə bəl /

adjective

1. not consumable; incapable of being consumed.

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inconsumable British  

/ ˌɪnkənˈsjuːməbəl /

adjective

1. incapable of being consumed or used up

2. economics providing an economic service without being consumed, as currency

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Other Word Forms

• inconsumably adverb

Etymology

Origin of inconsumable

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

Example Sentences

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 Drummond, Henry

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 Emerson, Ralph Waldo

"Like two meteors of expanding flame, Those spheres instinct with it become the same, Touch, mingle, are transfigured; ever still Burning, yet ever inconsumable; In one another's substance finding food."

From Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher by Jones, Henry, Sir

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 Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)