Meanings
- alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of non-binding.
Klein diagnoses impressively what hasn’t worked. No more claptrap about fracked gas as a bridge to renewables. Enough already of the international summit meetings that produce sirocco-quality hot air, and nonbinding agreements that bind us all to more emissions.
2014 November 6, Rob Nixon, “Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’”, in The New York Times1 more example
Such is the alarm about the fragility of French in Quebec that a few years ago the provincial government passed a nonbinding resolution calling for shop attendants to replace “bonjour hi” — a common greeting in bilingual, tourist-friendly Montreal — with just “bonjour.”
2021 October 9, Dan Bilefsky, “French Language Laws Renew Rift With Quebec's English Speakers”, in The New York Times, retrieved 09 Oct 2021
Origin
- Englishnon-
- Middle Englishbyndynge
- Englishbinding
- Englishnonbinding
Cite this entry
nonbinding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonbinding
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