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nongame

nongame adjective: not a game, or unrelated to a game.

Adjective

nongame (not comparable)

  1. Not a game, or unrelated to a game
    • The Monday night team in particular is so annoying with all the nongame chatter, you would think it was a talk show rather than a football game.2007 January 7, “Letters to the Editor”, in New York Times
  2. Not a game animal
    • Plants were included recently in the definition of "wildlife" supportable by funds collected via the nongame wildlife checkoff on Illinois income tax returns, but that was a triumph of lobbying, not public opinion.1988 April 15, James Krohe Jr., “Where Has All the Flora Gone?”, in Chicago Reader

Noun

nongame (plural nongames)

  1. An activity, etc. that is not a game.

Forms of nongame

pluralnongames

Origin of nongame

From non- + game.

Questions about nongame

What does nongame mean?
Nongame means not a game, or unrelated to a game.
What part of speech is nongame?
Nongame can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nongame in the dictionary

  1. nongalloylated
  2. nongalvanized
  3. nongambler
  4. nongamblers
  5. nongambling
  6. nongame
  7. nongamer
  8. nongamers
  9. nongames
  10. nongametogenic
  11. nongaming

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