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nonexecuting

nonexecuting adjective: not executing; not running.

Adjective

nonexecuting (not comparable)

  1. Not executing; not running.
    • A nonexecuting program is the limp puppet without a hand, an empty shell. Slip a computer inside and it becomes a working software machine: an electric-powered information-transforming machine...1998, David Hillel Gelernter, Machine beauty: elegance and the heart of technology
    • Program comments are nonexecuting statements that you add to a program for the purpose of documentation. Programmers use comments to leave notes for themselves and for others who might read their programs in the future.2003, Joyce Farrell, Java Programming
  2. Not carrying out executions; without capital punishment.
    • Figure 17.1 Murder rates in executing and nonexecuting states.2008, Hugo M. Mialon, Paul H. Rubin, Economics, law and individual rights, page 403

Origin of nonexecuting

From non- + executing.

Questions about nonexecuting

What does nonexecuting mean?
Nonexecuting means not executing; not running.
What part of speech is nonexecuting?
Nonexecuting is an adjective.

Words near nonexecuting in the dictionary

  1. nonexcretory
  2. nonexculpatory
  3. nonexcusable
  4. nonexecutable
  5. nonexecuted
  6. nonexecuting
  7. nonexecution
  8. nonexecutive
  9. nonexecutives
  10. nonexecutory
  11. nonexegetical

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