nonreturnable
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5.1
- adjective
- /ˌnɒn.rɪˈtɜrnə.bəl/
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no retornable
- When you buy this furniture, remember that it is nonreturnable, so choose carefully.
- nonreturnable glass bottles
- nonreturnable glass
Examples
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Make sure to check the product details; this electronic gadget is nonreturnable and cannot be exchanged.
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The blue bag, or any other nonreturnable container, eliminates the need for compartmentalized vehicles.
Academic text (1997) -
And a story is nonreturnable; once you've told it to someone, you can't get it back.
Academic text (2001) -
Retailers had not been notified and felt they would be stuck with nonreturnable, unsaleable copies.
Blog text (27) -
Data from 1997 provided by the municipal government were used to tally nonreturnable glass bottles and organic waste.
Academic text (2001) -
Finally, using the data available from the municipal government on the quantity of nonreturnable glass bottles collected from the bring sites, an estimate of the composition of the household waste was made for 1997.
Academic text (2001) -
The store has a policy that all clearance items are nonreturnable once purchased.
Synonyms
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3.7
You cannot get your money back after you pay for something
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4.2
Not able to be sent back to the store or seller
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7.3
You cannot return or change it after you buy it
Antonyms
How Returnable
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2.3
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5.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonreturnable = returnable (transparent) = non + return + able
Formed by adding the negative prefix 'non-' to the productive adjective 'returnable', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not able to be returned'.
Etymology
The word nonreturnable is made of non- meaning 'not', return meaning 'to give back', and -able meaning 'can be'. So nonreturnable describes something that 'cannot be given back', like a sale item you are not allowed to return for a refund.