noncarrier

noun

non·​car·​ri·​er ˌnän-ˈker-ē-ər 

-ˈka-rē-

: someone or something that is not a carrier: such as

a

: an individual who is not a carrier of a genetic trait, a disease, etc.

a noncarrier of hemophilia

b

: an organization that is not a telecommunications company

The sharp increase in sales of nonconventional communications equipment explains much of the rise in purchases of telecommunications equipment by noncarriers in the 1980s.

—Ronald A. Cass and John R. Haring

noncarrier adjective

noncarrier patients

noncarrier phones

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for noncarrier

• barrier
• carrier