Should we continue to consume vast quantities of non-renewable fossil fuels?
This will be a fixed-term, non-renewable appointment for three years.
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non-renewable — ˌnon reˈnewable adjective non renewable types of energy such as coal or oil cannot be replaced once they have been used: • a tax on all forms of non renewable energy • These regulations will only encourage a massive waste of valuable and non… … Financial and business terms
non-renewable — (adj.) also nonrenewable, 1946, from NON (Cf. non ) + RENEWABLE (Cf. renewable) … Etymology dictionary
non-renewable — non re newable adj non renewable types of energy such as coal or gas cannot be replaced after they have been used ▪ All countries are being asked to cut down on their use of non renewable resources … Dictionary of contemporary English
non-renewable — adjective non renewable types of energy such as coal or gas cannot be replaced after they have been used: a diminishing non renewable resource of coal … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
non-renewable — adj. Non renewable is used with these nouns: ↑resource … Collocations dictionary
Non-renewable energy — is energy taken from finite resources that will eventually dwindle, becoming too expensive or too environmentally damaging to retrieve , [ [http://www.nrel.gov/learning/re basics.html Renewable Energy Basics] ] as opposed to renewable energy… … Wikipedia
non-renewable energy — UK US noun [U] ► ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES types of energy that cannot be replaced after they have been used: »Fossil fuels are nonrenewable energy sources … Financial and business terms
non-renewable — non renewˈable adjective 1. Not able to be replenished 2. Exhaustible • • • Main Entry: ↑non … Useful english dictionary
Non-renewable resource — A coal mine in Wyoming. Coal, produced over millions of years, is an inherently finite and non renewable resource on a human time scale. A non renewable resource is a natural resource which cannot be produced, grown, generated, or used on a scale … Wikipedia
non-renewable resource — /nɒn rənjuəbəl ˈrisɔs/ (say non ruhnyoohuhbuhl reesaws) noun a natural resource which, once it is depleted, cannot be replaced or restored, such as fossil fuels. A non renewable resource is a natural resource that exists in a fixed amount, and is …
