noncooperating

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adjective

Not cooperating.

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Meanings

adjectivenoncooperating (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot cooperating.

    If it arrested noncooperating witnesses in the United States attorneys scandal — and there are more than just Mr. Bolten and Ms. Miers — then they would have the right to challenge their confinement in federal court.

    2007 December 4, Adam Cohen, “Congress Has a Way of Making Witnesses Speak: Its Own Jail”, in New York Times

Origin

From non- + cooperating.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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