nonpreference
English
editEtymology
editFrom non- + preference.
Noun
editnonpreference (uncountable)
- Lack of preference.
- 1980, Fred Barrows Knight, Herman John Heikkenen, Samuel Alexander Graham, Principles of Forest Entomology, page 67:
- The mechanism of preference has the corollary of nonpreference; that is, a tree emits no chemicals that attract an insect or masks the attractant with other chemicals.
Adjective
editnonpreference (not comparable)
- Not given preferential treatment.
- a nonpreference applicant