Definition of "nondurable" []

• Not enduring; being in a state of constant consumption: nondurable items such as paper products. (adjective)
• A consumable item: nondurables such as food. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "In addition, the Commerce Department said factory orders rose 0.5% in October, but inventories of "nondurable" goods, those intended to last less than three years, fell."
• "Consumers increased their spending on "nondurable" goods, such as food and clothing, by 0.7 percent in February."
• "Eurostat said orders for capital goods jumped 3.7% on a monthly basis in December and orders for intermediate goods rose 2.4%, but orders for durable consumer goods fell 2.3% and orders for nondurable consumer goods gained 1.9%."