nonsequential

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adjective

Not sequential; not in any regular sequence.

OriginEnglish sequential ← Middle English non- ← Old English nān- →
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Meanings

adjectivenonsequential (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot sequential; not in any regular sequence.

    We might watch Green Porno from end to beginning, or out of order. After all, the series was designed primarily for those "fourth-screen" devices that encourage nonsequential or one-off viewing.

    2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 107

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. Englishsequential
  15. Englishnonsequential

From non- + sequential.

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APA

nonsequential. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonsequential

MLA

“nonsequential.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonsequential. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonsequential,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonsequential.

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