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nonpainting

nonpainting adjective: not painting; other than painting.

Adjective

nonpainting (not comparable)

  1. Not painting; other than painting
    • The nonpainting trends of those years have been relentlessly celebrated and valorized by museums, art historians and biennials.2007 February 16, Roberta Smith, “Painting in the Heady Days, After It Was Proclaimed Dead”, in New York Times

Origin of nonpainting

From non- + painting.

Questions about nonpainting

What does nonpainting mean?
Nonpainting means not painting; other than painting.
What part of speech is nonpainting?
Nonpainting is an adjective.

Words near nonpainting in the dictionary

  1. nonpainful
  2. nonpaint
  3. nonpainted
  4. nonpainter
  5. nonpainters
  6. nonpainting
  7. nonpaired
  8. nonpairing
  9. nonpairwise
  10. nonpalatability
  11. nonpalatable

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