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nonaggressive

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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non- +‎ aggressive

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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nonaggressive (not comparable)

  1. Not aggressive
    • 2007 April 12, Mike Albo, “Because a Logo Is Not Enough”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      Lee Silverman, the owner of the store, wants the staff to be honest and nonaggressive.

Usage notes

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  • The solid form is more common in the American use while the hyphenated form is more common in the British use.[1] GPO manual item 6.29. recommends to spell non- prefixed words without a hyphen unless an overriding consideration applies.[2]

References

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  1. ^ nonaggressive/[non - aggressive] at Google Ngram Viewer
  2. ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
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