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single-use en · ADJ

Etymology

Bahuvrīhi compound of single + use.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Designed or intended to be used one time and then discarded or disposed of.
    • Filtrona Plastics, Victoria, has supplied Malaysia with $20 000 worth of single-use plastic ware for hospitals and laboratories. 1981 December 4, Overseas Trading, page 757, column 2:
    • For example, more than 100 cities have adopted restrictions on polystyrene takeout containers, and the state has banned single-use plastic grocery bags. 2018 February 20, “Grocery bags and takeout containers aren't enough. It's time to phase out all single-use plastic”, in Los Angeles Times:

Relateds

disposable · throwaway

Translations (19)

fa یکبار مصرف (designed to be used one time) · cy untro (designed to be used one time) · ca d'un sol ús (designed to be used one time) · id sekali pakai (designed to be used one time) · lt vienkartinis (designed to be used one time) · hi एकल-प्रयोग (designed to be used one time) · ru одноразовый (designed to be used one time) · kmr bikaranîna yekcarî (designed to be used one time) · hu egyszer használatos (designed to be used one time) · ga aonúsáide (designed to be used one time) · es de usar y tirar (designed to be used one time) · id habis pakai (designed to be used one time) · fi kertakäyttöinen (designed to be used one time) · kmr bikaranîna tekcarî (designed to be used one time) · sv engångs- (designed to be used one time) · es desechable (designed to be used one time) · uk одноразо́вий (designed to be used one time) · lt vienkartis (designed to be used one time) · es de un solo uso (designed to be used one time)