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US
/nɑnɹiˈnuəbəɫ/
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ADJECTIVE
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that can not be renewed
books on that shelf are unrenewable
gas and oil are nonrenewable resources
How To Use nonrenewable In A Sentence
- Besides, less plastic means using less oil, the essential component in plastic and a nonrenewable resource.
- gas and oil are nonrenewable resources
- Lastly, because natural gas is nonrenewable, reliance on it as a fuel offers meager benefits for long-term energy security.
- About 90 percent of U.S. electricity comes from nonrenewable sources, mainly fossil fuels and nuclear power.
- The main source of hydrogen today is natural gas - a polluting and nonrenewable fossil fuel.
- Like Ostwald, Soddy believed economic progress was made possible by the transition from direct solar energy to successive masteries of nonrenewable stores of fossil fuels. Biophysical economics
- The knock against fake fur is that nylon, acrylic, and polyester are made from nonrenewable petroleum. Why Real Fur Is Greener Than Fake
- Copper has a very important strategic position in the development of national economy, and nonrenewable resources.
- These materials are all nonrenewable, require vast amounts of energy to manufacture and recycle and are major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions.
- Students have focused on such topics as promoting democracy abroad and the economics of nonrenewable energy resources. Christianity Today