Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
that can not be renewed;
- Example: "books on that shelf are unrenewable"- Example: "gas and oil are nonrenewable resources"[syn: unrenewable, nonrenewable]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
nonrenewable \nonrenewable\ adj.
That can not be renewed; as, a nonrenewable option; books on
that shelf are nonrenewable. Opposite of renewable.
Syn: unrenewable.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
nonrenewable
adj 1: that can not be renewed; "books on that shelf are
unrenewable"; "gas and oil are nonrenewable resources"
[syn: unrenewable, nonrenewable] [ant: renewable]