nonconsumptive

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adjective

That does not consume a resource.

OriginEnglish consumptive ← Middle English consumptive ← Latin cōnsūmptus →
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Meanings

adjectivenonconsumptive (not comparable)

alternative non-consumptive

  1. not comparableThat does not consume a resource.
  2. not comparableThat is not consumed (eaten).
  3. not comparableNot suffering from consumption, or tuberculosis.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  16. Proto-Italic*kom
  17. Proto-Italic*kom-
  18. Latincon-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  20. Proto-Italic*supo
  21. Latinsub
  22. Latinsub-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
  24. Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
  25. Proto-Italic*emō
  26. Latinemō
  27. Latinsūmō
  28. Latincōnsūmō
  29. Latincōnsūmptus
  30. Middle Englishconsumptive
  31. Englishconsumptive
  32. Englishnonconsumptive

From non- + consumptive.

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APA

nonconsumptive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonconsumptive

MLA

“nonconsumptive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonconsumptive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonconsumptive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonconsumptive.

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