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[ adjective ] not involving competition or competitiveness

Examples

"noncompetitive positions" "noncompetitive interest in games"

Used in print

(Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)

It is interesting to note how many of the plants on Massachusetts ' Route_128 draw most of their income either from the government in non-competitive cost-plus arrangements , or from the exploitation of patents which grant at_least a partial monopoly .

Related terms

competitive monopolistic uncompetitive accommodative

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Rhymes with

uncompetitive competitive rep sedative representative comparative preventative argumentative imperative unrepresentative repetitive competitive tentative negative relative narrative tentative representative consultative nutritive exploitative putative superlative recuperative inoperative operative uncooperative vituperative intuitive substantive demonstrative alliterative decorative consecutive oversensitive sensitive commemorative insensitive executive illustrative interpretive additive conservative ultraconservative alternative affirmative preservative neoconservative initiative expletive prohibitive contemplative cumulative speculative communicative imaginative primitive figurative derivative deliberative indicative degenerative curative remunerative positive acquisitive generative narrative fugitive automotive perspective irrespective respective introspective retrospective prospective diminutive fixative collaborative causative talkative restive festive corroborative restorative prerogative evocative accusative punitive provocative pejorative imitative authoritative rehabilitative meditative vegetative qualitative unreceptive preemptive perceptive deceptive contraceptive redemptive receptive formative normative lucrative laxative secretive informative uninformative hyperactive palliative unimaginative appreciative initiative hypersensitive affective elective effective insensitive sensitive incentive preventive suggestive directive disincentive digestive subjective collective defective objective reflective redemptive connective congestive locomotive selective invective inventive protective infective ineffective furtive native productive assertive corroborative presumptive captive corruptive elucidative accommodative unattractive overactive cooperative attractive interactive determinative active reproductive productive photoconductive nonproductive counterproductive conductive seductive unproductive attentive directive destructive obstructive corrective constructive reconstructive instructive eruptive combative inattentive plaintive detective regulative accumulative stimulative manipulative iterative investigative alliterative protective innovative prognosticative appointive adoptive octave additive adaptive disruptive primitive derivative supportive

Phonetic and Homophones

N AA2 N K AH0 M P EH1 T AH0 T IH0 V

Similar Spelling

noncompetitively noncombinative noncomprehensive noncompliance noncompliant nonconformist nonconductive nonconcentric nonconformity

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