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nonadoptability

nonadoptability noun: the state or condition of being nonadoptable.

Noun

nonadoptability (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being nonadoptable.
    • Under this view, where the nonadoptability is discovered after a termination decree has been granted, the decree would be subject to revocation.1960, Edith Glicksman Neisser, George H. Weber, Helen Rankin Jeter, Phenylketonuria, page 13
    • While never exact, “nonadoptability” fused the racial, the social, and the moral to render certain kinds, and colours, of children permanently nonadoptable.2008, Magda Fahrni, Robert Rutherdale, Creating Postwar Canada, page 271

Examples of nonadoptability in a sentence

  • Medicaid eligibility can mean the difference between adoptability and nonadoptability.2008, Representing the Child Client - Volume 1, pages 4-135:
  • The nonadoptability of some options like economic threshold and biological control in rice farms with today's knowledge and development is demonstrated.2009, S.M. Reddy, H. N. Gour, Integrated Plant Pathology, page 30:

Origin of nonadoptability

From non- + adoptability or nonadoptable + -ity.

Questions about nonadoptability

What does nonadoptability mean?
Nonadoptability means the state or condition of being nonadoptable.
How do you use nonadoptability in a sentence?
Medicaid eligibility can mean the difference between adoptability and nonadoptability.
What part of speech is nonadoptability?
Nonadoptability is a noun.

Words near nonadoptability in the dictionary

  1. nonadmitted
  2. nonadmixed
  3. nonadnexal
  4. nonadolescent
  5. nonadolescents
  6. nonadoptability
  7. nonadoptable
  8. nonadopted
  9. nonadoptee
  10. nonadoptees
  11. nonadopter

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