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nonreproducible

nonreproducible

8.6
Not able to be copied or repeated
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɒnˌriːprəˈdjuːsəbl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : no reproducible
  • Some scientific phenomena are nonreproducible, making it hard for researchers to conduct further experiments.

Examples

  • The Society announced the conditions governing the division to the public on February 26, 1891: "The Société Nationale has decided to put next to the fine arts, work by creative artists, original and nonreproducible, work that will be known under the title objet d'art."

    Academic text (1993)
  • This rare painting is considered nonreproducible because no one can replicate the artist's unique technique.

  • With speeds of 12 to 5000 frames per second, the new high-speed instrument enables users to study transient or nonreproducible events.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Due to its nonreproducible nature, the antique manuscript is kept under strict security to protect it from damage.

Synonyms

unrepeatable
vsnonreproducible
1 5.8

Something that cannot happen again or should not be said again

is about physical inability to make an identical item rather than social restraint
unreproducible
vsnonreproducible
  • Specialized
1 9.5

Cannot be made again in the same way

is the same concept but expressed with a different negative phrasing
irreproducible
vsnonreproducible
1 9.6

Not possible to repeat exactly

is the broader idea, not limited to exact sameness
uncopyable
vsnonreproducible
1 8.1

So unique that no one can make the same thing

states inability to make the same again without giving a specific reason

Antonyms

reproducible
  • Specialized
5 4.9

Can give the same result when done again

Something that can be copied, like data or a method

How Reproducible

reproducible
  • Specialized
5 4.9
repeatable
9 4.2
nonreproducible
  • Specialized
8.6

Surface Forms

nonreproducible positive

Morphology

nonreproducible = reproducible (transparent) = non + reproduce + ible

Formed by adding the productive negating prefix 'non-' to 'reproducible', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not able to be reproduced'.

Etymology

Nonreproducible breaks into non- ('not') and reproduce ('produce again' or 'copy'), so a helpful way to remember it is 'not able to be produced again or copied'.