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nontherapeutic

nontherapeutic adjective: not therapeutic.

Adjective

nontherapeutic (not comparable)

  1. Not therapeutic
  2. Unrelated to medical treatment
    • But the notorious British heroin "epidemic" was nothing next to the entirely bootleg U. S. epidemic that occurred at the same time; in 1967 the Home Office counted 1,290 "nontherapeutic" addicts.1988 November 18, Eric Scigliano, “How to Win the War on Drugs”, in Chicago Reader

Origin of nontherapeutic

From non- + therapeutic.

Words formed from nontherapeutic

Phrases with nontherapeutic

Questions about nontherapeutic

What does nontherapeutic mean?
Nontherapeutic means not therapeutic.
What part of speech is nontherapeutic?
Nontherapeutic is an adjective.

Words near nontherapeutic in the dictionary

  1. nontheories
  2. nontheorist
  3. nontheorists
  4. nontheory
  5. nontheosophical
  6. nontherapeutic
  7. nontherapeutic abortion
  8. nontherapeutic abortions
  9. nontherapeutical
  10. nontherapy
  11. nonthermal

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