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Meanings of unrenewable in English

That can not be renewed.

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Examples for "nonrenewable"
Examples for "nonrenewable"
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Even energy-efficient trains use nonrenewable resources and produce their own carbon footprint.
Wired
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Thus methane offers a way of avoiding the dilemma posed by nonrenewable resources.
The new yorker
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In time, reserves of nonrenewable resources dropped from residue to gleanings.
The Universe — or Nothing
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The insatiable appetite for metals, minerals, rare earths and other nonrenewable substances increased inexorably.
The Universe — or Nothing
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These are finite and nonrenewable and dwindling in supply.
The South African
Usage of unrenewable in English
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But the corresponding wastage on the Southern side was unrenewed and unrenewable.
Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the Gray
Unrenewable through the time