non-reusable
non-reusable — adjective
1. designed to be thrown away after one use, with no safe or practical way to clean
designed to be thrown away after one use, with no safe or practical way to clean, refill, or apply it a second time.
The hospital switched to non-reusable plastic syringes to reduce the risk of infection between patients.
attributive: non-reusable + concrete noun (medical context)
Nora reminded the campers that the paper plates were non-reusable and belonged in the trash.
predicative: be + non-reusable
Most coffee pods sold in supermarkets are non-reusable, which has worried environmental groups for years.
Gabriel was annoyed to find that the printer cartridge was non-reusable after it ran out.
Airlines often hand out non-reusable headphones in plastic bags on long international flights.
- single-use
near-identical; more common in everyday and policy language
- disposable
broader; emphasises being thrown away rather than the prohibition on a second use
- throwaway
informal; often carries a critical, anti-waste tone
- reusable
the direct opposite — designed to be used many times
- refillable
specifically a container that can be filled again
文法句型
non-reusable + noun
be + non-reusable
用法筆記
Frequently attributive in product, medical, and environmental contexts (non-reusable syringe, non-reusable cup, non-reusable mask). When predicative, the subject is usually a concrete product the speaker is warning the listener not to clean and reuse.