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nonstaining

nonstaining adjective: incapable of being coloured by a stain.

Adjective

nonstaining (not comparable)

  1. Incapable of being coloured by a stain.
  2. That does not stain things.

Origin of nonstaining

From non- + staining.

Questions about nonstaining

What does nonstaining mean?
Nonstaining means incapable of being coloured by a stain.
What part of speech is nonstaining?
Nonstaining is an adjective.

Words near nonstaining in the dictionary

  1. nonstaff
  2. nonstaged
  3. nonstainability
  4. nonstainable
  5. nonstained
  6. nonstaining
  7. nonstale
  8. nonstampable
  9. nonstamped
  10. nonstandard
  11. nonstandard analysis

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