noncompetitively

adverb

In a noncompetitive way.

Opposite
competitively
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Meanings

adverbnoncompetitively (comparative more noncompetitively, superlative most noncompetitively)

comparative more noncompetitively · superlative most noncompetitively

  1. In a noncompetitive way.

    According to one recent audit reported in The Washington Post, among 49 privatized contracts, three out of five were awarded noncompetitively, lacked oversight, and raised questions of legality.

    2007 January 16, “Tracking Outsourced Bonanzas”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbin a noncompetitive manner

Opposite
competitively

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From noncompetitive + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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