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unpreferential

unpreferential adjective: not preferential.

Adjective

unpreferential (not comparable)

  1. Not preferential.
    • The Act prescribes a code, by which it seems to be intended to secure an equal and unpreferential distribution.1890, The Weekly Reporter, volume 38, London: Wildy & Sons, →OCLC, page 204
    • An exchange fee, which was a subscription fee for transmission of unpreferential power when there was vacant transmission capacity.2007 January, Richard J. Gilbert, Edward P. Kahn, International Comparisons of Electricity Regulation, New York: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 149, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    nonpreferential

Synonyms of unpreferential

Origin of unpreferential

From un- + preferential.

Words formed from unpreferential

Questions about unpreferential

What does unpreferential mean?
Unpreferential means not preferential.
What part of speech is unpreferential?
Unpreferential is an adjective.

Words near unpreferential in the dictionary

  1. unpredisposed
  2. unpredisposing
  3. unpreened
  4. unprefaced
  5. unpreferable
  6. unpreferential
  7. unpreferentially
  8. unpreferred
  9. unprefigured
  10. unprefixed
  11. unpregnable

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