All English words - page 3591

Not involving physical contact

(of a disease) not spread by contact.

Existing, happening or popular at a time that is not the present time

A member of the british house of lords who votes against a particular motion.

Not causing or likely to cause an argument.

Not next to or touching another, usually similar, thing

Not depending on or influenced by something else

With pauses or interruptions

Relating to or involving arrangements that are not fixed by a contract

The lack or absence of contradiction, especially as a principle of logic that a proposition and its opposite cannot both be true.

Involving statements or ideas that agree or are similar

(of a pension or pension scheme) funded by regular payments by the employer, not the employee.

Not easily controlled

Without anything having been done to stop a problem from increasing

A non-controlling interest (= the fact of owning shares) in a company is not large enough to give control of the company, usually less than 50%

Not giving rise to disagreement; not controversial (tending to be less forceful in meaning than uncontroversial ).

Different from what is usual or from the way most people do things

A non-convertible type of money cannot be easily exchanged into other types of money

Failure or refusal to cooperate, especially as a form of protest.

Not on the same plane (= flat surface)

Not part of a large company, or not relating to a large company

A situation in which there is no connection or relationship between two or more facts, numbers, etc.

A non-corrodible material or object cannot easily be damaged by the chemical action of something such as water or acid.

A non-corroding material or object is not easily damaged by the chemical action of something such as water or acid

A non-corrosive substance does not cause damage by chemical action