All English words - page 2370

Meanings of Nonessential:

adjective

Not absolutely necessary (tending to be less forceful in meaning than inessential)

Usage examples:

During the strike non-essential hospital services were halted

noun

Not absolutely necessary (tending to be less forceful in meaning than inessential ).

Usage examples:

During the strike non-essential hospital services were halted

Meanings of Nonessentials:

noun

A non-essential thing.

Usage examples:

We have little or no time to spare for non-essentials

adjective

Not absolutely necessary (tending to be less forceful in meaning than inessential)

Usage examples:

During the strike non-essential hospital services were halted

Meanings of Nonestablishment:

adjective

Not part of the establishment (= the important and powerful people who control a country or an organization, especially those who support the existing situation)

Usage examples:

The non-establishment candidates for the leadership are top of the polls., a balance must be struck…

Meanings of Nonevent:

noun

An unexpectedly dull or insignificant event or occasion.

Usage examples:

Despite the pre-match publicity, the contest turned out to be a non-event

Meanings of Nonexclusive:

adjective

Not restricted to the person, group, or area concerned; not exclusive.

Usage examples:

The broadcaster will buy non-exclusive rights for games from time to time

Meanings of Nonexecutive:

adjective

Not having an executive function.

Usage examples:

A non-executive chairman

noun

A person without executive responsibilities.

Usage examples:

When they stepped down as executives they remained on the board as non-executives

Meanings of Nonexempt:

adjective

Used to describe something that has to be done, paid, etc. because it is not one of the situations where a particular rule or law does not have to be obeyed

Usage examples:

People going bankrupt sometimes try to prevent non-exempt assets being taken from them.

Meanings of Nonexistent:

adjective

Not existing or not real or present.

Usage examples:

She pretended to tie a non-existent shoelace

Meanings of Nonexistential:

adjective

Not relating to existence or being alive

Usage examples:

The verb "to be" in these sentences has a nonexistential meaning., although a serious problem, it r…

Meanings of Nonexotic:

adjective

Not exotic (= unusual or exciting because of coming, or seeming to come, from far away, especially a tropical country)

Usage examples:

He comes from a very non-exotic part of the city., they have a large collection of non-exotic birds…

Meanings of Nonexpendable:

adjective

If someone or something is non-expendable, people cannot do something or deal with a situation without them

Usage examples:

Non-expendable property such as equipment and furniture, some of the military personnel were classi…

Meanings of Nonexperimental:

adjective

Not relating to tests, especially scientific ones

Usage examples:

The majority of studies were nonexperimental or observational in nature., it would have been diffic…

Meanings of Nonexpert:

noun

A person without professional or specialized knowledge in a particular subject.

Usage examples:

The material is hard for the non-expert to grapple with

adjective

Not having or involving professional or specialized knowledge.

Usage examples:

The only non-expert witness to be called

Meanings of Nonexplosive:

adjective

Not exploding or able to explode easily

Usage examples:

Although toxic, the chemicals are non-explosive., the navy were using non-explosive, hollow practic…

Meanings of Nonextant:

adjective

Very old and no longer existing

Usage examples:

There are a number of non-extant plays that we know were written by the playwright., reference is m…

Meanings of Nonfactual:

adjective

Not using or consisting of facts

Usage examples:

He made a series of non-factual statements and produced no evidence to back up his claim., the auth…

Meanings of Nonfaculty:

adjective

Non-faculty employees work, but do not teach, at a school, college, or university

Usage examples:

It takes the typical university about six non-faculty professionals to service each 100 students., …

Meanings of Nonfamilial:

adjective

Not affecting several members of the same family

Usage examples:

The syndrome is a non-familial congenital disorder., the results may not be generalizable to milder…

Meanings of Nonfamily:

adjective

Not part of a particular family

Usage examples:

Non-family members could not attend the funeral., the company added its first nonfamily non-executi…

Meanings of Nonfatty:

adjective

Not containing a lot of fat

Usage examples:

Non-fatty foods can be dry if overcooked since all moisture either drips out or evaporates., non-fa…

Meanings of Nonfeasance:

noun

Failure to perform an act that is required by law.

Usage examples:

Recovery in tort is dependent on the plaintiff establishing injury and loss resulting from an act o…

Meanings of Nonfederal:

adjective

Not relating to the central government of some countries such as the us

Usage examples:

Non-federal public employees must apply to the state for assistance., virginia has 22.5 million acr…

Meanings of Nonfertile:

adjective

(of a person, animal, or plant) unable to reproduce.

Usage examples:

Non-fertile females

Meanings of Nonfiction:

noun

Prose writing that is informative or factual rather than fictional.

Usage examples:

High on the bestseller lists of non-fiction

Meanings of Nonfigurative:

adjective

Not figurative.