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nontheoretical

nontheoretical adjective: not theoretical.

Adjective

nontheoretical (not comparable)

  1. Not theoretical.
    • But its particulars are nontheoretical enough to be distracting.2007 February 22, Janet Maslin, “The Poor Are Different From You and Me. Or Are They?”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    actual, practical

Synonyms of nontheoretical

Origin of nontheoretical

From non- + theoretical.

Words formed from nontheoretical

Questions about nontheoretical

What does nontheoretical mean?
Nontheoretical means not theoretical.
What part of speech is nontheoretical?
Nontheoretical is an adjective.

Words near nontheoretical in the dictionary

  1. nontheological
  2. nontheologically
  3. nontheorem
  4. nontheoremhood
  5. nontheorems
  6. nontheoretical
  7. nontheoretically
  8. nontheories
  9. nontheorist
  10. nontheorists
  11. nontheory

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