noninstrumental

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adjective

Not instrumental

Opposite
instrumental
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Meanings

adjectivenoninstrumental (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot instrumental

    […] we are judging the moral quality of the individual herself in some more focused, noninstrumental, and seemingly more serious way.

    2006 December 15, Angela M. Smith, “Control, responsibility, and moral assessment”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 138, number 3, →DOI
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    Nor do they ever concentrate long on clapping, foot-tapping or vocalism, even though hands, feet, speech and song are the most efficient noninstrumental human means of creating complex aural rhythm.

    2007 May 10, Alastair Macaulay, “Stomp, Sneeze, Grunt, Gasp and All That Body Language”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
instrumental

Origin

From non- + instrumental.

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Translations

German nichtinstrumental
  • nichtinstrumentalnot instrumental
Turkish aletsiz
  • aletsiznot instrumental

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with noninstrumental

environmentalrentaldentalexperimentalcontinentaldevelopmentalgentleinstrumentaldepartmentalaccidentalelementalintergovernmentaloccidentaltranscendentalnongovernmentalcoincidentallentiljudgmentalinterdepartmentaltemperamentalentalcompartmentalunsentimentalcental
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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