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nonreactive

nonreactive adjective: that will not react.

Adjective

nonreactive (comparative more nonreactive, superlative most nonreactive)

  1. That will not react.
    • Heat the tomato sauce in a nonreactive pan. Aluminum is particularly not a nonreactive metal, it will discolor badly and impart a strange flavor.
    Synonyms:
    unreactive, inert

Synonyms of nonreactive

Antonyms

Forms of nonreactive

comparativemore nonreactive
superlativemost nonreactive

Origin of nonreactive

From non- + reactive.

Questions about nonreactive

What does nonreactive mean?
Nonreactive means that will not react.
What part of speech is nonreactive?
Nonreactive is an adjective.

Words near nonreactive in the dictionary

  1. nonreacted
  2. nonreacting
  3. nonreaction
  4. nonreactionary
  5. nonreactions
  6. nonreactive
  7. nonreactively
  8. nonreactivity
  9. nonreactor
  10. nonreactors
  11. nonreadability

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