nondurable

English

Etymology

non- +‎ durable

Adjective

nondurable (not comparable)

1. (economics) Providing useful services for only one period, especially a year.
   • 2009 February 6, The Associated Press, “Factory Orders Fall Again With No Clear End in Sight”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Demand for nondurable goods, products like food, paper and petroleum, fell by 4.8 percent in December after an 8.7 percent fall in November.

Translations

not durable

• Bulgarian: недълготраен (bg) (nedǎlgotraen)
• Romanian: nedurabil, netrainic

Noun

nondurable (plural nondurables)

1. (economics) A nondurable good.

Antonyms

• durable