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noninstitutional

noninstitutional adjective: not institutional; not having the usual characteristics of an institution.

Adjective

noninstitutional (not comparable)

  1. Not institutional; not having the usual characteristics of an institution
    • Addams did her best to run this institution in a noninstitutional way.1988 January 15, Harold Henderson, “To Feed the World at Our Doorstep...”, in Chicago Reader

Origin of noninstitutional

From non- + institutional.

Words formed from noninstitutional

  • noninstitutionally

Questions about noninstitutional

What does noninstitutional mean?
Noninstitutional means not institutional; not having the usual characteristics of an institution.
What part of speech is noninstitutional?
Noninstitutional is an adjective.

Words near noninstitutional in the dictionary

  1. noninstantaneous
  2. noninstantiable
  3. noninstinctive
  4. noninstinctual
  5. noninstitution
  6. noninstitutional
  7. noninstitutionalised
  8. noninstitutionalized
  9. noninstitutions
  10. noninstructed
  11. noninstruction

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