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nonretentive

nonretentive adjective: not retentive.

Adjective

nonretentive (not comparable)

  1. Not retentive.

Origin of nonretentive

From non- + retentive.

Questions about nonretentive

What does nonretentive mean?
Nonretentive means not retentive.
What part of speech is nonretentive?
Nonretentive is an adjective.

Words near nonretentive in the dictionary

  1. nonretained
  2. nonretaliation
  3. nonretaliatory
  4. nonretarded
  5. nonretention
  6. nonretentive
  7. nonreticence
  8. nonreticulate
  9. nonreticulated
  10. nonreticuloendothelial
  11. nonretinal

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