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nonsweet

nonsweet adjective: not having a sweet taste.

Adjective

nonsweet (not comparable)

  1. Not having a sweet taste.
    • The complex sweet-salty-bitter taste of concentrated (0.25 M) sodium saccharin was represented appropriately between the sweet and nonsweet stimuli.1994, I Robin A Barraco, Nucleus of the solitary tract

Origin of nonsweet

From non- + sweet.

Questions about nonsweet

What does nonsweet mean?
Nonsweet means not having a sweet taste.
What part of speech is nonsweet?
Nonsweet is an adjective.

Words near nonsweet in the dictionary

  1. nonswans
  2. nonswearer
  3. nonswearers
  4. nonswearing
  5. nonsweating
  6. nonsweet
  7. nonswelling
  8. nonswimmer
  9. nonswimmers
  10. nonswimming
  11. nonswinger

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