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nonreclining

nonreclining adjective: that does not recline.

Adjective

nonreclining (not comparable)

  1. That does not recline.
    • Jude Bricker, the senior vice president for planning at Allegiant, said the airline’s nonreclining seats have fewer moving parts and so require less maintenance, which means lower costs.2013 December 22, Jad Mouawad, Martha C. White, New York Times, retrieved 23 Dec 2013

Origin of nonreclining

From non- + reclining.

Questions about nonreclining

What does nonreclining mean?
Nonreclining means that does not recline.
What part of speech is nonreclining?
Nonreclining is an adjective.

Words near nonreclining in the dictionary

  1. nonreciprocities
  2. nonreciprocity
  3. nonrecirculating
  4. nonrecital
  5. nonreclamation
  6. nonreclining
  7. nonrecluse
  8. nonrecluses
  9. nonrecognition
  10. nonrecognitions
  11. nonrecognizable

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