noneducational

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adjective

Not educational; not related to or for the purpose of education.

“George found Professor Schnublett's repetitive lectures to be wholly noneducational and, in fact, a waste of time.”

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectivenoneducational (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot educational; not related to or for the purpose of education.
  2. not comparableFailing to educate.

    George found Professor Schnublett's repetitive lectures to be wholly noneducational and, in fact, a waste of time.

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*h₁éǵʰ
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  16. Proto-Italic*eks
  17. Latinex
  18. Latinex-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*dewk-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*déwkti
  21. Proto-Italic*doukō
  22. Latindūcō
  23. Latindux
  24. Latinēducō
  25. Latinēducātiō
  26. Englisheducation
  27. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  28. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  29. Englisheducational
  30. Englishnoneducational

From non- + educational.

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APA

noneducational. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noneducational

MLA

“noneducational.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noneducational. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noneducational,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noneducational.

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