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nonheavyweight

nonheavyweight adjective: in a weight class other than heavyweight.

Adjective

nonheavyweight (not comparable)

  1. In a weight class other than heavyweight
    • De La Hoya’s 17 pay-per-view events — including 1.4 million for his loss to Felix Trinidad in 1999, the most ever for a nonheavyweight bout — have grossed $492 million.2007 May 3, Richard Sandomir, “All About Money for De La Hoya and Mayweather”, in New York Times

Origin of nonheavyweight

From non- + heavyweight.

Questions about nonheavyweight

What does nonheavyweight mean?
Nonheavyweight means in a weight class other than heavyweight.
What part of speech is nonheavyweight?
Nonheavyweight is an adjective.

Words near nonheavyweight in the dictionary

  1. nonheart
  2. nonheated
  3. nonheathen
  4. nonheathens
  5. nonheavy
  6. nonheavyweight
  7. nonhedged
  8. nonhedonic
  9. nonhedonistic
  10. nonhegemonic
  11. nonhelical

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