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nonemergency

nonemergency adjective: not an emergency.

Adjective

nonemergency (not comparable)

  1. Not an emergency.
    • a nonemergency situation
    • 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
  2. Not involved in emergency services, such as fire or rescue.
    • nonemergency personnel

Noun

nonemergency (plural nonemergencies)

  1. Something that is not an emergency
    • That's the number for nonemergencies.1988 November 18, David Allen Jones, “Something Stupid”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of nonemergency

pluralnonemergencies

Origin of nonemergency

From non- + emergency.

Questions about nonemergency

What does nonemergency mean?
Nonemergency means not an emergency.
What part of speech is nonemergency?
Nonemergency can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonemergency in the dictionary

  1. nonembryotoxic
  2. nonemeat
  3. nonemendation
  4. nonemergence
  5. nonemergencies
  6. nonemergency
  7. nonemergent
  8. nonemergently
  9. nonemerging
  10. nonemetic
  11. nonemigrant

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