Meanings
- not comparableNot of or pertaining to shoes.
Griffin decided to do what other large shoe companies had been doing for years, that is, to diversify into nonshoe areas.
1998, International directory of company histories, Volume 20, page 881 more example
He says that “only a nonshoe guy” like Mr. Klein, who was watching the customization trend not just in computers but also across things like cars (Toyota’s Scion) and television (via TiVo), would have thought to do it.
2007 June 17, Michael Fitzgerald, “The Shoe Changes, but the Fit Doesn’t. He Can Explain.”, in New York Times
Origin
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nonshoe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonshoe
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