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nonpermanent

nonpermanent adjective: not permanent.

Adjective

nonpermanent (not comparable)

  1. Not permanent
    • […] lengthy negotiations continued through Friday on a series of amendments from three of the Security Council’s nonpermanent members, South Africa, Indonesia and Qatar.2007 March 25, Thom Shanker, “Security Council Votes to Tighten Iran Sanctions”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    temporary

Synonyms of nonpermanent

Origin of nonpermanent

From non- + permanent.

Words formed from nonpermanent

Questions about nonpermanent

What does nonpermanent mean?
Nonpermanent means not permanent.
What part of speech is nonpermanent?
Nonpermanent is an adjective.

Words near nonpermanent in the dictionary

  1. nonperishing
  2. nonperistaltic
  3. nonperitoneal
  4. nonperitonealized
  5. nonperjury
  6. nonpermanent
  7. nonpermanently
  8. nonpermeability
  9. nonpermeabilization
  10. nonpermeabilized
  11. nonpermeabilizing

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