nonemergency

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adjective

Not an emergency.

“nonemergency personnel”

UncommonScrabble 20

Meanings

adjectivenonemergency (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot an emergency.

    a nonemergency situation

    1 more example

    Rupak says that 45 percent of his clients undergo nonemergency, nonelective surgeries (such as knee, shoulder, back, and hip operations), while 30 percent have cosmetic procedures (tummy tucks, breast enlargements, and facelifts.)

    2008 October, Mark Jenkins, “Need surgery? Call a travel agent”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 152
  2. not comparableNot involved in emergency services, such as fire or rescue.

    nonemergency personnel

nounnonemergency (plural nonemergencies)

plural nonemergencies

  1. Something that is not an emergency

    That's the number for nonemergencies.

    1988 November 18, David Allen Jones, “Something Stupid”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

  1. Englishnon-
  2. Latinēmergō
  3. Latinemergens
  4. Englishemergency
  5. Englishnonemergency

From non- + emergency.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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