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nondiscretionary

nondiscretionary adjective: not discretionary; thus, frequently, mandatory.

Adjective

nondiscretionary (not comparable)

  1. Not discretionary; thus, frequently, mandatory
    • Most of our expenses are nondiscretionary.
  2. Of or pertaining to non-discretionary spending
    • He pointed to nondiscretionary stocks, which include food and drug manufacturers.2009 January 11, J. Alex Tarquinio, “The Bears Disagree, Too, About the Market’s Future”, in New York Times

Forms of nondiscretionary

alternative formnon-discretionary

Origin of nondiscretionary

From non- + discretionary.

Words formed from nondiscretionary

  • nondiscretionary spending

Questions about nondiscretionary

What does nondiscretionary mean?
Nondiscretionary means not discretionary; thus, frequently, mandatory.
What part of speech is nondiscretionary?
Nondiscretionary is an adjective.

Words near nondiscretionary in the dictionary

  1. nondiscovery
  2. nondiscrepancies
  3. nondiscrepancy
  4. nondiscrepant
  5. nondiscrete
  6. nondiscretionary
  7. nondiscriminant
  8. nondiscriminate
  9. nondiscriminated
  10. nondiscriminately
  11. nondiscriminating

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