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nonfatal

nonfatal adjective: not fatal; from which death will not result.

Adjective

nonfatal (not comparable)

  1. Not fatal; from which death will not result.

Noun

nonfatal (plural nonfatals)

  1. An incident not causing death; a nonfatality.
    • For this same period there have been four fatals and 44 nonfatals in gassy mines.1969, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education, Hearings, page 90

Forms of nonfatal

Adjective
alternative formnon-fatal
Noun
pluralnonfatals

Origin of nonfatal

From non- + fatal.

Words formed from nonfatal

Questions about nonfatal

What does nonfatal mean?
Nonfatal means not fatal; from which death will not result.
What part of speech is nonfatal?
Nonfatal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonfatal in the dictionary

  1. nonfast
  2. nonfasted
  3. nonfastidious
  4. nonfasting
  5. nonfat
  6. nonfatal
  7. nonfatalistic
  8. nonfatalities
  9. nonfatality
  10. nonfatally
  11. nonfatals

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