nonorganic

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adjective

Not organic.

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Meanings

adjectivenonorganic (not comparable)

alternative non-organic

  1. not comparableusuallyNot organic.

    Banned are newspapers and books, noncotton clothing, after-shave lotions and deodorants, all nonorganic or processed foods[…].

    1988 January 22, Robert McClory, “The Yeast of Our Problems”, in Chicago Reader
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    Shepard: What else do you know about the geth? Ashley Williams: Just what I remember from history class back in school. They're synthetics. Non-organic life-forms with limited AI programming created by the quarians a few centuries ago.

    2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Eden Prime
nounnonorganic (plural nonorganics)

plural nonorganics · alternative non-organic

  1. An item, material, etc. that is not organic.

Origin

From non- + organic.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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