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nonintent

nonintent noun: lack of intent.

Noun

nonintent (uncountable)

  1. Lack of intent.
    • Significantly, Justice Brennan himself has even written that a statute "that simply outlawed any public burning or mutilation of the flag, regardless of the expressive intent or nonintent of the actor," would be "invalid for the reasons stated in . . . Spence."1989, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary, Hearings on Measures to Protect the Physical Integrity of the American Flag, page 81

Origin of nonintent

From non- + intent.

Questions about nonintent

What does nonintent mean?
Nonintent means lack of intent.
What part of speech is nonintent?
Nonintent is a noun.

Words near nonintent in the dictionary

  1. nonintensified
  2. nonintensive
  3. nonintensively
  4. nonintensivist
  5. nonintensivists
  6. nonintent
  7. nonintention
  8. nonintentional
  9. nonintentionalistic
  10. nonintentionality
  11. nonintentionally

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