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nonmaternal

nonmaternal adjective: not maternal.

Adjective

nonmaternal (not comparable)

  1. Not maternal.

Origin of nonmaternal

From non- + maternal.

Questions about nonmaternal

What does nonmaternal mean?
Nonmaternal means not maternal.
What part of speech is nonmaternal?
Nonmaternal is an adjective.

Words near nonmaternal in the dictionary

  1. nonmaterialist
  2. nonmaterialistic
  3. nonmaterialists
  4. nonmateriality
  5. nonmaterially
  6. nonmaternal
  7. nonmaternally
  8. nonmaternity
  9. nonmates
  10. nonmath
  11. nonmathematical

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