noneconomic

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adjective

Not of an economic nature.

“noneconomic damages”

UncommonScrabble 17

Meanings

adjectivenoneconomic (not comparable)

alternative non-economic

  1. not comparableNot of an economic nature.

    noneconomic damages

    2 more examples

    noneconomic activities

    But Judge Alex W. Gabert, in a Rio Grande City courtroom, ordered the punitive damage reduced to conform to a 2003 Texas law that caps punitive damages at twice the amount of economic damages — lost pay — and up to $750,000 on top of noneconomic damages.

    2006 December 22, “Judge Cuts Amount of Vioxx Award”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2022, retrieved 07 Jun 2011

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*weyḱ-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*wóyḱos
  16. Proto-Hellenic*wóikos
  17. Ancient Greekϝοῖκος (woîkos)
  18. Ancient Greekοἶκος (oîkos)
  19. Proto-Indo-European*nem-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*németi
  21. Proto-Hellenic*némō
  22. Ancient Greekνέμω (némō)
  23. Ancient Greekνόμος (nómos)
  24. Ancient Greekοἰκονόμος (oikonómos)
  25. Ancient Greekοἰκονομικός (oikonomikós)
  26. Latinoeconomicus
  27. Old Frenchiconomike
  28. Middle Englishiconomique
  29. Middle Englisheconomike, iconomique
  30. Englisheconomic
  31. Englishnoneconomic

From non- + economic.

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APA

noneconomic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noneconomic

MLA

“noneconomic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noneconomic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noneconomic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noneconomic.

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