Meanings
adjectivenondeadly (not comparable)
- not comparableNot deadly.
Deputy Rackard’s lawyers, in an appeals court brief last year, said the use of “moderate nondeadly force in the face of spirited, though nonviolent, resistance was a reasonably proportionate response.”
2009 March 3, Adam Liptak, “Supreme Court Enters the YouTube Era”, in New York Times
Origin
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APA
nondeadly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nondeadly
MLA
“nondeadly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nondeadly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nondeadly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nondeadly.
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