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noncompulsive

noncompulsive adjective: not compulsive.

Adjective

noncompulsive (not comparable)

  1. Not compulsive.
    • So if you dry the squid compulsively, at least by my noncompulsive standards, and you cook it in small batches, you solve the problem.2009 August 5, Mark Bittman, “Solving Squid Spatter (and No, Not the Ink)”, in New York Times

Origin of noncompulsive

From non- + compulsive.

Questions about noncompulsive

What does noncompulsive mean?
Noncompulsive means not compulsive.
What part of speech is noncompulsive?
Noncompulsive is an adjective.

Words near noncompulsive in the dictionary

  1. noncompressible
  2. noncompression
  3. noncompressive
  4. noncompromising
  5. noncompulsion
  6. noncompulsive
  7. noncompulsory
  8. noncomputability
  9. noncomputable
  10. noncomputably
  11. noncomputation

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