single-use
adjEtymology Bahuvrīhi compound of single + use.
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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:
- Related terms
- disposable, throwaway