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single-use

 
 
adjective [before noun] COMMERCE

Definition

used to describe a product that is designed to be used once only: Sales of single-use cameras fell by 2% last year.
(Definition of single-use adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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