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nonabused

nonabused adjective: not having been abused.

Adjective

nonabused (not comparable)

  1. Not having been abused.
    • The fact that a symptom is seen more often in sexually abused than in nonabused children is not enough to conclude that the symptom helps prove abuse. One must also consider the fact that the population of non-abused children is much larger than the population of abused children[…].2016, John E. B. Myers, Legal Issues in Clinical Practice with Victims of Violence, Guilford Publications, page 256

Forms of nonabused

alternative formnon-abused

Origin of nonabused

From non- + abused.

Questions about nonabused

What does nonabused mean?
Nonabused means not having been abused.
What part of speech is nonabused?
Nonabused is an adjective.

Words near nonabused in the dictionary

  1. nonabsurd
  2. nonabulatory
  3. nonabundant
  4. nonabusable
  5. nonabuse
  6. nonabused
  7. nonabuser
  8. nonabusers
  9. nonabusive
  10. nonabusively
  11. nonabutting

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