Meanings
adjectivenontherapeutic (not comparable)
- not comparableNot therapeutic
- not comparableUnrelated to medical treatment
But the notorious British heroin "epidemic" was nothing next to the entirely bootleg U. S. epidemic that occurred at the same time; in 1967 the Home Office counted 1,290 "nontherapeutic" addicts.
1988 November 18, Eric Scigliano, “How to Win the War on Drugs”, in Chicago Reader
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nontherapeutic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nontherapeutic
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“nontherapeutic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nontherapeutic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nontherapeutic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nontherapeutic.
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