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nonconfining

nonconfining adjective: not causing confinement.

Adjective

nonconfining (not comparable)

  1. Not causing confinement.
    • a nonconfining disability

Origin of nonconfining

From non- + confining.

Questions about nonconfining

What does nonconfining mean?
Nonconfining means not causing confinement.
What part of speech is nonconfining?
Nonconfining is an adjective.

Words near nonconfining in the dictionary

  1. nonconfigural
  2. nonconfigurational
  3. nonconfigurationality
  4. nonconfined
  5. nonconfinement
  6. nonconfining
  7. nonconfirmation
  8. nonconfirmations
  9. nonconfirmative
  10. nonconfirmatory
  11. nonconfirmed

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