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noncontact

noncontact adjective: not involving physical contact.

Adjective

noncontact (not comparable)

  1. Not involving physical contact.
    • Stephon Marbury (sore left knee) participated in noncontact drills and is expected to play tomorrow.2007 February 2, Howard Beck, “Ariza Is Gone, but Trade Continues to Confound Knicks”, in New York Times

Noun

noncontact (plural noncontacts)

  1. A potential respondent to a survey etc. who fails to make contact.

Forms of noncontact

Adjective
alternative formnon-contact
Noun
pluralnoncontacts

Origin of noncontact

From non- + contact.

Questions about noncontact

What does noncontact mean?
Noncontact means not involving physical contact.
What part of speech is noncontact?
Noncontact can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near noncontact in the dictionary

  1. nonconsumers
  2. nonconsuming
  3. nonconsummation
  4. nonconsumption
  5. nonconsumptive
  6. noncontact
  7. noncontactable
  8. noncontacted
  9. noncontacting
  10. noncontacts
  11. noncontagion

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