Meanings
adjectivenonstarched (not comparable)
- not comparableNot starched.
In many institutions and home settings, the cloister-style uniform has given way to nonstarched wash-and-wear clothing.
1978, Lillian Margaret Simms, Janice B. Lindberg, The nurse person: developing perspectives for contemporary nursing, page 156
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