nonproduct

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noun

That which is not a product.

OriginEnglish product ← Middle English product ← Latin prōductus →
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Meanings

nounnonproduct (plural nonproducts)

plural nonproducts

  1. That which is not a product.

    Find as many specific examples as you can of nonproducts which are being marketed (nonproducts such as a city, a museum, a police department, a school bond issue, a political candidate, and the like).

    1972, James F. Casey, Robert F. Hartley, Marketing fundamentals for responsive management, page 21

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  15. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  16. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  17. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  18. Proto-Italic*pro-
  19. Latinprō-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*dewk-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*déwkti
  22. Proto-Italic*doukō
  23. Latindūcō
  24. Latinprōdūcō
  25. Latinprōductus
  26. Middle Englishproduct
  27. Englishproduct
  28. Englishnonproduct

From non- + product.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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