nonreproducible
- adjective
- /ˌnɒnˌriːprəˈdjuːsəbl/
- Specialized
- Some scientific phenomena are nonreproducible, making it hard for researchers to conduct further experiments.
Examples
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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.
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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
Something that cannot happen again or should not be said again
Cannot be made again in the same way
Not possible to repeat exactly
So unique that no one can make the same thing
Antonyms
How Reproducible
Surface Forms
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'.