nongreat

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adjective

Not great; minor or unremarkable.

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Meanings

adjectivenongreat (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot great; minor or unremarkable.

    The real constraint that makes both the conventional and the hypothetical nuclear forces of nongreat powers incapable of achieving decisive victories...

    1985, Gwynne Dyer, War
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    Therefore, the joining of the great and the nongreat is not contrary to the nature of the stage, regardless of whether the dramatic poem is called "mixed" drama—as is tragicomedy—or pure tragedy.

    1974, Bernard Frank Dukore, Dramatic theory and criticism: Greeks to Grotowski

Origin

From non- + great.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

negatronAngertonArgenton
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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