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nonailing

nonailing adjective: not ailing.

Adjective

nonailing (not comparable)

  1. Not ailing.
    • Possibly the most curious of all human afflictions is that which does not afflict its victims, but victimizes the nonafflicted: the ailment whose sufferers are only the nonailing; the complaint of which only non-patients complain and are impatient.1962, Fred V. Hein, Perspectives on Living: Readings for College Health Courses, page 58
    • Moreover, within the nonailing families, the doctor's care index across the three plan- types is quite similar, while in the families with chronic illness it is substantially higher within the provider plans than in the other two types.1972, Milton Irwin Roemer, Health Insurance Effects, page 37

Origin of nonailing

From non- + ailing.

Questions about nonailing

What does nonailing mean?
Nonailing means not ailing.
What part of speech is nonailing?
Nonailing is an adjective.

Words near nonailing in the dictionary

  1. nonahydrides
  2. nonahydroxy
  3. nonahydroxytriphenic acid
  4. nonaid
  5. nonaided
  6. nonailing
  7. nonaimless
  8. nonair
  9. nonairborne
  10. nonairbrushed
  11. nonairconditioned

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