noncable

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adjective

Not of or pertaining to cable television.

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Meanings

adjectivenoncable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot of or pertaining to cable television.

    But she used a word seldom heard on the noncable air, and then only by accident —— a word that is not publishable in the newspaper.

    2008 May 14, James Barron, “When an Anchor Curses on the Air, She Becomes the Night’s Top Story”, in New York Times

Origin

From non- + cable.

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Cite this entry
APA

noncable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncable

MLA

“noncable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noncable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncable.

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