Meanings
adjectivenon-captive (not comparable)
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of noncaptive.
For trains to play a major role in reducing carbon and other pollutants through modal shift, the railway will have to do more to win over the growing proportion of non-captive passengers who will have the choice of whether or not to use rail over other modes.
2021 July 14, Anthony Lambert, “Grand designs on superior interiors”, in RAIL, number 935, page 49
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