Meanings
adjectivenondefense (not comparable)
- not comparableUnrelated to military defense
A more immediate concern, therefore, is to figure how more of the $250 million earmarked for Chicago might be spent on nondefense items.
1988 August 19, Ben Joravsky, “Peace Conversion: a tiny city agency seeks to turn swords into plowshares”, in Chicago Reader
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