nondefense
English
Alternative forms
- non-defense
Etymology
non- + defense
Adjective
nondefense (not comparable)
- Unrelated to military defense
- 1988 August 19, Ben Joravsky, “Peace Conversion: a tiny city agency seeks to turn swords into plowshares”, in Chicago Reader:
- A more immediate concern, therefore, is to figure how more of the $250 million earmarked for Chicago might be spent on nondefense items.
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Related terms
- nondefensive