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nondefense

nondefense adjective: unrelated to military defense.

Adjective

nondefense (not comparable)

  1. Unrelated to military defense
    • A more immediate concern, therefore, is to figure how more of the $250 million earmarked for Chicago might be spent on nondefense items.1988 August 19, Ben Joravsky, “Peace Conversion: a tiny city agency seeks to turn swords into plowshares”, in Chicago Reader

Origin of nondefense

From non- + defense.

Questions about nondefense

What does nondefense mean?
Nondefense means unrelated to military defense.
What part of speech is nondefense?
Nondefense is an adjective.

Words near nondefense in the dictionary

  1. nondefective
  2. nondefectivity
  3. nondefence
  4. nondefendant
  5. nondefendants
  6. nondefense
  7. nondefensive
  8. nondefensively
  9. nondeference
  10. nondeferential
  11. nondeferrable

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