nonconsecutive

adjective

non·​con·​sec·​u·​tive ˌnän-kən-ˈse-kyə-tiv 

-kə-tiv

: not being in a sequence : not consecutive

Exercise three times a week on nonconsecutive days.

nonconsecutively adverb

He says he sleeps three hours a night, nonconsecutively.

—Nicholas Lemann

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

Bill Clements served eight years but in two nonconsecutive four-year terms (1979-1983 and 1987-1991). —Dallas News, 30 Sep. 2022

Still, many Brazilians see a glimmer of hope in the return of Lula, who was inaugurated as president on Jan. 1, beginning his third, nonconsecutive term after narrowly defeating Jair Bolsonaro last fall. —Ana Ionova, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Jan. 2023

But Democrat Grover Cleveland is the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms, from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897, according to the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, which specializes in presidential scholarship. —Time, 16 Nov. 2022

Only one president, Grover Cleveland, served two nonconsecutive terms, more than a century ago. —Noah Biermanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2022

Just one president in U.S. history has been elected to two nonconsecutive terms: Grover Cleveland in 1884 and 1892. —Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 15 Nov. 2022

Just one president in U.S. history has been elected to two nonconsecutive terms: Grover Cleveland in 1884 and 1892. —Jill Colvin, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Nov. 2022

Just one president in U.S. history has been elected to two nonconsecutive terms: Grover Cleveland in 1884 and 1892. —Jill Colvin, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Nov. 2022

Just one president in U.S. history has been elected to two nonconsecutive terms: Grover Cleveland in 1884 and 1892. —Jill Colvin, Chicago Tribune, 15 Nov. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined above