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nonrestrictive Definition

non·re·stric·tive (-ri striktiv)

adjective

  1. not restrictive
  2. Gram. designating a modifier, as a word, phrase, or subordinate clause, that does not limit the reference of the word or phrase it modifies but merely adds information and thus is not essential to the meaning of a sentence: it is set off by punctuation marks “who is six feet tall” in “John, who is six feet tall, is younger than Bill” is a nonrestrictive clause

  • nonrestricted
  • nonretentive
  • nonretiring
  • nonretraceable
  • nonretractile
  • nonretroactive
  • nonreturnable
  • nonrevealing
  • nonreversible
  • nonrevertible
  • nonrevolting
  • nonrevolving
  • nonrhetorical
  • nonrhyming
  • nonrhythmic
  • nonrigid
  • nonritualistic
  • nonrival
  • non-Roman
  • nonromantic
  • nonrotating
  • nonroyal
  • nonrural
  • non-Russian