inconsumable

[in-kuh n-soo-muh-buh l]

adjective

not consumable; incapable of being consumed.

Origin of inconsumable

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

Related formsin·con·sum·a·bly, adverb

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for inconsumable

Historical Examples of inconsumable

With us there is left the soul, which is expressly said to be inconsumable.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845
Various
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?
The Divine Fire
May Sinclair
Inconsumable, in-kon-sūm′a-bl, adj. that cannot be consumed or wasted.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)
Various

British Dictionary definitions for inconsumable

inconsumable

adjective

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

Derived Formsinconsumably, adverb

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012