nonnative

See also: non-native

English

Adjective

nonnative (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of non-native.
    • 2013 January, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist‎[1], volume 101, number 1, United States: Sigma Xi, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 9 February 2017, page 64:
      In addition to new diseases, Quammen touches on many of the examples often included in standard disease ecology or epidemiology courses—for example, myxomatosis in nonnative rabbits of Australia, and mutation rates in RNA versus DNA viruses.
    • 2023, C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 162:
      I aped the accent of a nonnative speaker.

Noun

nonnative (plural nonnatives)

  1. Alternative spelling of non-native.
    • 1988 March 25, James Krohe Jr., “Reading: Our City, Ourselves”, in Chicago Reader‎[2]:
      If you're a Chicagoan, you will find something in each that you didn't know about; nonnatives will find something in each they'll wish they'd read before making their last trip.
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