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- adjective That is difficult or impossible to
burn
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Examples
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Glass separation has increased from two to three categories, plus uncleanable glass like nail polish bottles becomes unburnable rubbish which now gets thrown out with the burnables, I think.
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Unfortunately, the one she sent wasn't thoroughly dried and she sealed it in a zip-loc bag so it was, shall we say, unburnable when it arrived.
slayground: Interview: Kirby Larson Little Willow 2007
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Because the traces of unburnable arsenic and other heavy metals in the coal are concentrated a hundred times over in Coal Ash. Eat a helping of powdered coal, and it will make you sick.
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Upon analysis, it turns out that 'unburnable human baby' and 'autonomous rational being who is always compelled to do the right thing by an external agent' are logically incoherent notions.
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But even should they find it, the burnt-out two — find this precious unburnable jewel — never will she find her burnt faith, he never his burnt happiness.
The Master Builder 2008
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Re-list these companys 'resources as "unburnable."
Karin Kloosterman: 100 Months and Counting Until Climate Change Is Irreversible 2008
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But even should they find it, the burnt-out two — find this precious unburnable jewel — never will she find her burnt faith, he never his burnt happiness.
The Master Builder 2008
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Well, here it is anyway: This stuff sounds a lot like the apparently unburnable material salvaged from the Roswell crash.
Archive 2006-09-01 Mac 2006
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Mixed with poor coal are certain unburnable materials that melt and stick together as it burns and form what are known as _clinkers_.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads
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Indian asbestos is said to be, which had no fear of being burnt, but rather displayed the impotence of the fire by proving itself unburnable.
On the Incarnation c.296-c.373 1946
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