nonbeneficial

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adjective

Not beneficial; that produces no benefit.

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Meanings

adjectivenonbeneficial (comparative more nonbeneficial, superlative most nonbeneficial)

comparative more nonbeneficial · superlative most nonbeneficial

  1. Not beneficial; that produces no benefit.

    In more recent times, she writes, they have been disproportionately enrolled in risky, nonbeneficial research in gynecology, oncology, surgery, pediatrics, infectious disease and genetics .

    2007 February 18, Ezekiel Emanuel, “Unequal treatment”, in New York Times

Origin

From non- + beneficial.

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Translations

Persian لاینفع
  • لاینفع (lâ-yanfa')producing no benefit
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APA

nonbeneficial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonbeneficial

MLA

“nonbeneficial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonbeneficial. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonbeneficial,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonbeneficial.

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