nonrenewable

About 0.21 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Not able to be renewed; incapable of renewal.
2. adjective unsustainable; not able to be regrown or renewed; not having an ongoing or continuous source of supply

   Coal is nonrenewable.

3. noun A resource that is not renewable.

Similar words

unrenewable one-time finite non-renewable unreplenishable nonrenewing unregenerable nonreplenishable unreprievable unreiterable

Often followed by

resources resource energy natural fossil and sources mineral fuels

Word family

non-renewable