non-renewable
Speech parts
1. non-renewable - Noun
2. non-renewable - Adjective
Meaning
non-renewable (not comparable)
Alternative form of nonrenewable.
non-renewable (plural non-renewables)
Alternative form of nonrenewable.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Examples
Electricity is derived from many non-renewable energy sources like oil, natural gas and coal.
A carbon tax is a tax on the consumption of carbon-based non-renewable fuels, such as petrol, diesel-fuel, jet fuels, and natural gas.
Although many of Earth's resources are non-renewable, off-planet colonies could satisfy the majority of the planet's resource requirements.
According to the regulator, Kenya relies partly on fossil fuels to generate electricity and therefore use solar energy will help Kenya shift away from non-renewable sources of energy.
An example of a non-renewable natural resource.
Engineers have warned it could run out by 2054, since it is not rain-fed, and is therefore non-renewable.