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nonattacking

nonattacking adjective: not attacking.

Adjective

nonattacking (not comparable)

  1. Not attacking.
    • The nonattacking pawn posed no threat in the chess game.

Origin of nonattacking

From non- + attacking.

Questions about nonattacking

What does nonattacking mean?
Nonattacking means not attacking.
What part of speech is nonattacking?
Nonattacking is an adjective.

Words near nonattacking in the dictionary

  1. nonattached
  2. nonattachment
  3. nonattachments
  4. nonattack
  5. nonattackable
  6. nonattacking
  7. nonattainment
  8. nonattempt
  9. nonattendance
  10. nonattendances
  11. nonattendant

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