inconsumable
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4ADJ.
classified, hoardable
VERB + INCONSUMABLE
called
INCONSUMABLE + NOUN
goods, opposition
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in
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adj
Not consumable;
WHEN the identical loan is to be returned, as a book, a horse, a harpsichord, it is called inconsumable; in opposition to corn, wine, money, and those things which perish
All things that do not lose their substance by use are classified as inconsumable.
Not consumable;
The only thing inconsumable is the surface of the earth.
ever still Burning, yet ever inconsumable:
Not consumable;
We must think of that which is beyond what we can think, beyond what thinking can consume and beyond what is the inconsumable for thinking.
This possibility, in turn—one through which all impressions are left virulent and amorphous—would mark an extreme breaking point whereby knowledge itself is cast toward the inconsumable (i.e., an irreconcilable collapse of consciousness).
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3WHEN the identical loan is to be returned, as a book, a horse, a harpsichord, it is called inconsumable; in opposition to corn, wine, money, and those things which perish
WiktionaryAll things that do not lose their substance by use are classified as inconsumable.
WiktionaryIt indeed seems that compliments, words, and endearments, just like hoardable goods and inconsumable goods, can be considered here in terms of objects in circulation, caught up in a general system of
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