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nontenured

nontenured adjective: not possessing tenure.

Adjective

nontenured (not comparable)

  1. Not possessing tenure.
    • Nontenured teachers can be eliminated at whim, but as soon as they get tenure they are bulletproof: you'll never get rid of one.

Origin of nontenured

From non- + tenured.

Questions about nontenured

What does nontenured mean?
Nontenured means not possessing tenure.
What part of speech is nontenured?
Nontenured is an adjective.

Words near nontenured in the dictionary

  1. nontensile
  2. nontensioned
  3. nontensorial
  4. nontent
  5. nontenure
  6. nontenured
  7. nontenurial
  8. nonteratogenic
  9. nonteratoid
  10. nonteratomatous
  11. nonterm

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