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nonverbose

nonverbose adjective: not verbose: not using or composed of very many words; terse, concise, or untalkative.

Adjective

nonverbose (not comparable)

  1. Not verbose: not using or composed of very many words; terse, concise, or untalkative.
    • The researchers at Concordia University also found no difference in memory functioning between their verbose and nonverbose older participants...2007, Donald H Kausler, Barry C Kausler, Jill A Krupsaw, The essential guide to aging in the twenty-first century
    • The first example is the nonverbose output and the second shows verbose output.2001, Steven M Hancock, Tru64 Unix file system administration handbook

Origin of nonverbose

From non- + verbose.

Questions about nonverbose

What does nonverbose mean?
Nonverbose means not verbose: not using or composed of very many words; terse, concise, or untalkative.
What part of speech is nonverbose?
Nonverbose is an adjective.

Words near nonverbose in the dictionary

  1. nonverbalized
  2. nonverbally
  3. nonverbalness
  4. nonverbals
  5. nonverbatim
  6. nonverbose
  7. nonverbs
  8. nonverdict
  9. nonverdicts
  10. nonveridical
  11. nonveridicality

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