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nondesperate

nondesperate adjective: not desperate.

Adjective

nondesperate (not comparable)

  1. Not desperate.
    • For Jean, who has found working from the island — with its “miniature rain forest and ... the jammed markets, the friendly, nondesperate people, the bright and thrillingly imperiled birdlife” — something of a “prolonged junket with sunshine and copy,” and who still thinks that a bit of jam stuck to...2008 May 4, Helen Schulman, “Cheating Hearts”, in New York Times

Origin of nondesperate

From non- + desperate.

Questions about nondesperate

What does nondesperate mean?
Nondesperate means not desperate.
What part of speech is nondesperate?
Nondesperate is an adjective.

Words near nondesperate in the dictionary

  1. nondesirable
  2. nondesire
  3. nondesired
  4. nondesirous
  5. nondesktop
  6. nondesperate
  7. nondespotic
  8. nondesquamative
  9. nondessert
  10. nondestination
  11. nondestroyable

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