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inconsumable, a.|ɪnkənˈsjuːməb(ə)l|
[in-3.]
1. Incapable of being consumed by fire, etc.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xiv. 140 Named Asbeston..whereof by Art were weaved napkins, shirts, and coats inconsumable by fire. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1862) II. ii. iii. 401 (Salamander) The idle report of its being inconsumable in fire, has caused many of these poor animals to be burnt. 1821Shelley Epipsychid. 579 Ever still Burning, yet ever inconsumable. 1875F. I. Scudamore Day Dreams 31 An inconsumable candle, which diminished not, no matter how long it was lighted.
2. Pol. Econ. Of which it is not the object or purpose to be consumed in use.
1785Paley Mor. Philos. iii. i. ix. (1830) 104 When the identical loan is to be returned, as a book, a horse, a harpsichord, it is called inconsumable. 1884L. Groulund Coop. Commw. i. 28 The inconsumable things, like machinery, leather, coin.
Hence inconˈsumably adv. (Wright, 1855). |