Definition of nonoverlapping
: not overlapping: such as
a
: not occupying the same area in part
- The long, cylindrical body of a gar is covered with hard, diamond-shaped, nonoverlapping scales.
- —Steve Pollick
b
: entirely separate or distinct
- nonoverlapping interests
- … two separate and nonoverlapping domains of human thought …
- —Marc Gellman
