English

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Etymology

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From non- +‎ peer.

Adjective

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nonpeer (not comparable)

  1. Not involving or including peers.
    • 1988 July 29, Laurence Gonzales, “When Doctors Are Addicts”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      During that time a number of goals are accomplished: detoxification and stabilization, if necessary; education about PAD; introduction to group therapy and AA groups, including a weekly peer group (other doctors) as well as a nonpeer group.
    • 1996, Martin Bloom, Primary Prevention Practices[2], →ISBN, page 244:
      I refer to these as natural nonpeer ties.

Noun

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nonpeer (plural nonpeers)

  1. One who is not a peer; somebody outside of a peer group.