nontender

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verb

To fail to tender a contract to (a player).

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Meanings

verbnontender (third-person singular simple present nontenders, present participle nontendering, simple past and past participle nontendered)

present singular third person nontenders · participle present nontendering · participle past nontendered · past nontendered

  1. transitiveball gamesTo fail to tender a contract to (a player).

    In Los Angeles, where Turner signed after being nontendered by the Mets in December 2013, he has evolved past a cliché.

    2015 October 13, Seth Berkman, “Former Met Justin Turner Provides Offensive Lift for Dodgers”, in New York Times
adjectivenontender (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemedicineNot tender; said of body parts or lesions that do not trigger discomfort upon palpation

Origin

From non- + tender.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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