non·com·pet·i·tor
| \ ˌnän-kəm-ˈpe-tə-tər
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plural noncompetitors
Definition of noncompetitor
: one that does not compete : a person, company, etc., that is not a competitor
About 600 to 700 attendees are expected to attend along with hundreds of noncompetitors, guests, and officials.— Jeanne Muchnick … resisted the commission's suggestion that it sell a stake to a competitor, instead offering … to sell up to 19.9 percent of the aviation financing business to a noncompetitor.— Andrew Ross Sorkin and Paul Meller
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“Noncompetitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noncompetitor. Accessed 13 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of noncompetitor was in 1851
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