Meanings
adjectivenondurable (not comparable)
- not comparableeconomicsProviding useful services for only one period, especially a year.
Demand for nondurable goods, products like food, paper and petroleum, fell by 4.8 percent in December after an 8.7 percent fall in November.
2009 February 6, The Associated Press, “Factory Orders Fall Again With No Clear End in Sight”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian недълготраен
- недълготраен (nedălgotraen)not durable
Romanian nedurabil, netrainic
- nedurabilnot durable
- netrainicnot durable
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APA
nondurable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nondurable
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“nondurable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nondurable. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nondurable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nondurable.
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