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nonclose

nonclose adjective: not close.

Adjective

nonclose (not comparable)

  1. Not close.
    • In further support of the category definitions, a comparison of subjects' very close and nonclose friendships revealed that the nonclose friendships were, by and large, categorized as Focused and Segmented friendships, whereas very close friendships were predominantly of the Complex type.2014, Jack Demick, Krisanne Bursik, Rosemarie DiBiase, Parental Development, page 127

Origin of nonclose

From non- + close.

Questions about nonclose

What does nonclose mean?
Nonclose means not close.
What part of speech is nonclose?
Nonclose is an adjective.

Words near nonclose in the dictionary

  1. nonclone
  2. noncloned
  3. nonclones
  4. nonclonogenic
  5. nonclonotypic
  6. nonclose
  7. nonclosed
  8. nonclosing
  9. nonclosure
  10. nonclothed
  11. nonclothing

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