nonmarketplace

N1O1N1M3A1R1K5E1T1P3L1A1C3E1

adjective

Not of or pertaining to the economic marketplace.

Scrabble 24
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivenonmarketplace (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot of or pertaining to the economic marketplace.

    But that, in fact, is the point: the nonmarketplace context of hypothetical products frees the designer to leapfrog practical-minded meetings about market share and profit margins and the like and to land at the bigger questions: is this something companies should do — or must do?

    2008 April 20, Rob Walker, “Dreaming in Green”, in New York Times

Origin

From non- + marketplace.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: nonmarketplace on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.