nonsystem

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noun

That which is not a system.

“The computer cannot be booted from a nonsystem disk.”

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounnonsystem (plural nonsystems)

plural nonsystems

  1. That which is not a system.

    The sooner the better, as the current nonsystem had the city of Bering acting as a leach field for the city of Bering.

    2000, Dana Stabenow, Midnight Come Again, →ISBN, page 130
adjectivenonsystem (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot of or pertaining to a system.

    The computer cannot be booted from a nonsystem disk.

    1 more example

    There are steep and unsustainable sections that connect these two trail segments and steep nonsystem trail segments between the Shady Trail and the lower leg of the Middle Ridge Trail.

    2023 January 20, “Folsom Lake State Recreation Area & Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park Road & Trail Management Plan”, in California State Parks, Appendices, page 133

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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