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nonprecious

nonprecious adjective: not precious, especially used to describe base metals such as lead, iron, copper etc.

Adjective

nonprecious (not comparable)

  1. not precious, especially used to describe base metals such as lead, iron, copper etc.

Forms of nonprecious

alternative formnon-precious

Origin of nonprecious

From non- + precious.

Questions about nonprecious

What does nonprecious mean?
Nonprecious means not precious, especially used to describe base metals such as lead, iron, copper etc.
What part of speech is nonprecious?
Nonprecious is an adjective.

Words near nonprecious in the dictionary

  1. nonpreaching
  2. nonpreachy
  3. nonprecautionary
  4. nonprecedential
  5. nonprecessing
  6. nonprecious
  7. nonprecipitable
  8. nonprecipitating
  9. nonprecipitation
  10. nonprecise
  11. nonprecision approach

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