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nongreat

nongreat adjective: not great; minor or unremarkable.

Adjective

nongreat (not comparable)

  1. Not great; minor or unremarkable.
    • Therefore, the joining of the great and the nongreat is not contrary to the nature of the stage, regardless of whether the dramatic poem is called "mixed" drama—as is tragicomedy—or pure tragedy.1974, Bernard Frank Dukore, Dramatic theory and criticism: Greeks to Grotowski
    • The real constraint that makes both the conventional and the hypothetical nuclear forces of nongreat powers incapable of achieving decisive victories...1985, Gwynne Dyer, War

Origin of nongreat

From non- + great.

Questions about nongreat

What does nongreat mean?
Nongreat means not great; minor or unremarkable.
What part of speech is nongreat?
Nongreat is an adjective.

Words near nongreat in the dictionary

  1. nongray
  2. nongrazed
  3. nongrazing
  4. nongreased
  5. nongreasy
  6. nongreat
  7. nongreedy
  8. nongreen
  9. nongreenhouse
  10. nongreeting
  11. nongreetings

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