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nonprescriptive

nonprescriptive adjective: not prescriptive.

Adjective

nonprescriptive (not comparable)

  1. Not prescriptive.

Origin of nonprescriptive

From non- + prescriptive.

Questions about nonprescriptive

What does nonprescriptive mean?
Nonprescriptive means not prescriptive.
What part of speech is nonprescriptive?
Nonprescriptive is an adjective.

Words near nonprescriptive in the dictionary

  1. nonpresbyopic
  2. nonprescribable
  3. nonprescribed
  4. nonprescribing
  5. nonprescription
  6. nonprescriptive
  7. nonpreselected
  8. nonpresence
  9. nonpresent
  10. nonpresentable
  11. nonpresentation

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