gender-neutral

adjective

: not referring to either sex but only to people in general
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Men and women can both still volunteer, and the remaining places will be filled by a gender-neutral draft lottery. James Brooks, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025 An employee told Mirror Indy that staffers were no longer using gender-neutral bathrooms or displaying their pronouns. Mary Claire Malloy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025 Down the hall were dressing rooms, refurbished with showers, gender-neutral bathrooms, and air-conditioning. Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 30 June 2025 Sweden reintroduced a gender-neutral draft in 2017 citing worsening security conditions, while Norway became the first NATO country to implement gender-equal conscription in 2013. Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for gender-neutral

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“Gender-neutral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gender-neutral. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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