nonemergency

English

Alternative forms

• non-emergency

Etymology

non- +‎ emergency

Adjective

nonemergency (not comparable)

1. Not an emergency.

   a nonemergency situation

   • 2008 October, Mark Jenkins, “Need surgery? Call a travel agent”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 152:

     Rupak says that 45 percent of his clients undergo nonemergency, nonelective surgeries (such as knee, shoulder, back, and hip operations), while 30 percent have cosmetic procedures (tummy tucks, breast enlargements, and facelifts.)

2. Not involved in emergency services, such as fire or rescue.

   nonemergency personnel

Noun

nonemergency (plural nonemergencies)

1. Something that is not an emergency
   • 1988 November 18, David Allen Jones, “Something Stupid”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     That's the number for nonemergencies.