nonfungible

Examples

• All

• Unlike traditional currency, digital art can be classified as nonfungible because each piece has its own distinct value.

• Because so much international aid to Pakistan has been diverted through corruption, both public and private assistance should come in the form of relatively nonfungible goods and services: books, buildings, teachers, and training, rather than money.

  Academic text (2000)

• The concept of nonfungible assets has gained popularity, as it highlights items that cannot be easily exchanged for one another.

Synonyms

I

irreplaceable

vsnonfungible

32 6.4

So special or valuable that you cannot get another one

is about being one of a kind so it cannot be swapped for others

U

unexchangeable

vsnonfungible

1 7.3

You cannot return or change it after you buy it

is about inherent uniqueness preventing substitution rather than rules or permission

N

noninterchangeable

vsnonfungible

8.6

You cannot swap them without changing the meaning or how they work

is about uniqueness that stops items being substituted for one another

U

unreplaceable

vsnonfungible

6.6

Not able to be made again if lost or damaged

is about uniqueness that makes fair exchange for another impossible

U

unconvertible

vsnonfungible

• Specialized

8.6

You cannot exchange it for another currency or asset

is about unique identity blocking equal substitution rather than monetary conversion

I

inconvertible

vsnonfungible

• Specialized

9.9

You cannot exchange it for another currency

is about unique physical or digital traits stopping fair exchange, not just currency limits

Antonyms

F

fungible

• Specialized

5 9.2

Can be exchanged for another item of the same type, like a gold bar

How Fungible

interchangeable

24 4.8

fungible

• Specialized

5 9.2

nonfungible

• Jargon

9.3

unique

∞ 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology