noninstruction

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noun

Lack of instruction.

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Meanings

nounnoninstruction (uncountable)
  1. uncountableLack of instruction.

    No comprehension instruction was observed for the social studies period. For the reading period, the teachers spent their greatest amount of time in "comprehension: assessment" (17.65%); next was "noninstruction" (10.72%); followed by "transition" (10.75%); […]

    1984, P. David Pearson, Rebecca Barr, Michael L. Kamil, Handbook of Reading Research, volume 2, page 940

Origin

From non- + instruction.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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