nonpreference
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
non- + preference
Noun[edit]
nonpreference (uncountable)
- Lack of preference.
- 1980, Fred Barrows Knight, Herman John Heikkenen, Samuel Alexander Graham, Principles of Forest Entomology, page 67:
- The mechanism of preference has the corollary of nonpreference; that is, a tree emits no chemicals that attract an insect or masks the attractant with other chemicals.
Adjective[edit]
nonpreference (not comparable)
- Not given preferential treatment.
- a nonpreference applicant