noncontiguous

adjective

non·​con·​tig·​u·​ous ˌnän-kən-ˈti-gyə-wəs 

-gyü-əs

: not contiguous

especially : not adjoining along a boundary or consisting of parts that adjoin

a noncontiguous college campus

These parcels on noncontiguous land averaged nearly 50 acres in size …

—John MacKillop

Examples of noncontiguous in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The burden is even heavier in noncontiguous states and territories. — Katelyn Bledsoe, Boston Herald, 8 May 2026

Pakistan was a noncontiguous Muslim-majority country, with West Pakistan (formed from the western Punjab) and East Pakistan (formed from the eastern Bengal) separated by about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of Indian territory. — Andrew Pereira, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Mar. 2026

The earliest human settlers arrived on these noncontiguous lands tens of thousands of years ago, and the entity itself is, quite literally, a layer cake of ancient geological evolutions accrued over billions of years. — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2025

Unaccompanied children from noncontiguous countries will now be included in the calculation of encounters — a change from the interim rule. — April Rubin, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for noncontiguous

• ambiguous
• contiguous