adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Not conserving. not-comparable
2. 2
   Being a nonconserver: not yet aware that certain properties of objects, such as the volume of a liquid or the number of items in a set, are conserved during physical transformations. not-comparable

Etymology

From non- + conserving.

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