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nonelective

nonelective adjective: not elective.

Adjective

nonelective (not comparable)

  1. Not elective.
    • Rupak says that 45 percent of his clients undergo nonemergency, nonelective surgeries (such as knee, shoulder, back, and hip operations), while 30 percent have cosmetic procedures (tummy tucks, breast enlargements, and facelifts.)2008 October, Mark Jenkins, “Need surgery? Call a travel agent”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 152

Noun

nonelective (plural nonelectives)

  1. An academic course or medical procedure etc. that is not elective.

Forms of nonelective

pluralnonelectives

Origin of nonelective

From non- + elective.

Questions about nonelective

What does nonelective mean?
Nonelective means not elective.
What part of speech is nonelective?
Nonelective can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonelective in the dictionary

  1. nonelect
  2. nonelected
  3. nonelecting
  4. nonelection
  5. nonelections
  6. nonelective
  7. nonelectively
  8. nonelectives
  9. nonelector
  10. nonelectoral
  11. nonelectors

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