English

single-use

Designed or intended to be used one time and then discarded or disposed of.

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    Origin

    Bahuvrīhi compound of single + use.

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    Lineage

    • partEnglishsingle “Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishsingle
        • derivedOld Frenchsengle
    • partEnglishuse “The act of using.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishuse
        • borrowedOld Frenchus
      • inheritedMiddle Englishusen
        • borrowedOld Frenchuser

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