"single-use" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} single-use (not comparable)
  1. Designed to be used one time and then discarded or disposed of. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: disposable, throwaway Translations (designed to be used one time): d'un sol ús (Catalan), kertakäyttöinen (Finnish), egyszer használatos (Hungarian), aonúsáide (Irish), vienkartinis (Lithuanian), vienkartis (Lithuanian), bikaranîna tekcarî (Northern Kurdish), bikaranîna yekcarî (Northern Kurdish), یکبار مصرف (Persian), одноразовый (odnorazovyj) (Russian), de un solo uso (Spanish), desechable (Spanish), de usar y tirar (Spanish), engångs- (Swedish), одноразо́вий (odnorazóvyj) (Ukrainian), untro (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-single-use-en-adj-y7~TavJe Categories (other): Catalan links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "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",
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "designed to be used one time",
          "word": "d'un sol ús"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "designed to be used one time",
          "word": "kertakäyttöinen"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "designed to be used one time",
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          "sense": "designed to be used one time",
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          "sense": "designed to be used one time",
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          "sense": "designed to be used one time",
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          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "designed to be used one time",
          "word": "vienkartinis"
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "designed to be used one time",
          "word": "vienkartis"
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          "sense": "designed to be used one time",
          "word": "یکبار مصرف"
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          "sense": "designed to be used one time",
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          "sense": "designed to be used one time",
          "word": "de un solo uso"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "designed to be used one time",
          "word": "desechable"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "designed to be used one time",
          "word": "engångs-"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "odnorazóvyj",
          "sense": "designed to be used one time",
          "word": "одноразо́вий"
        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "designed to be used one time",
          "word": "untro"
        }
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  "word": "single-use"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "designed to be used one time",
      "word": "d'un sol ús"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "designed to be used one time",
      "word": "kertakäyttöinen"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "designed to be used one time",
      "word": "egyszer használatos"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "designed to be used one time",
      "word": "aonúsáide"
    },
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      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "designed to be used one time",
      "word": "bikaranîna tekcarî"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "designed to be used one time",
      "word": "bikaranîna yekcarî"
    },
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "designed to be used one time",
      "word": "vienkartinis"
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      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "designed to be used one time",
      "word": "vienkartis"
    },
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "designed to be used one time",
      "word": "یکبار مصرف"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "odnorazovyj",
      "sense": "designed to be used one time",
      "word": "одноразовый"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "designed to be used one time",
      "word": "de un solo uso"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "designed to be used one time",
      "word": "desechable"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "designed to be used one time",
      "word": "de usar y tirar"
    },
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "designed to be used one time",
      "word": "engångs-"
    },
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "odnorazóvyj",
      "sense": "designed to be used one time",
      "word": "одноразо́вий"
    },
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      "sense": "designed to be used one time",
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