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noncooperating

noncooperating adjective: not cooperating.

Adjective

noncooperating (not comparable)

  1. Not cooperating.
    • If it arrested noncooperating witnesses in the United States attorneys scandal — and there are more than just Mr. Bolten and Ms. Miers — then they would have the right to challenge their confinement in federal court.2007 December 4, Adam Cohen, “Congress Has a Way of Making Witnesses Speak: Its Own Jail”, in New York Times

Origin of noncooperating

From non- + cooperating.

Questions about noncooperating

What does noncooperating mean?
Noncooperating means not cooperating.
What part of speech is noncooperating?
Noncooperating is an adjective.

Words near noncooperating in the dictionary

  1. noncooked
  2. noncooking
  3. noncooks
  4. noncooled
  5. noncooperate
  6. noncooperating
  7. noncooperation
  8. noncooperationist
  9. noncooperationists
  10. noncooperations
  11. noncooperative

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