nontheoretical

adjective

non·the·o·ret·i·cal | \ ˌnän-ˌthē-ə-ˈre-ti-kəl

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Definition of nontheoretical

: not theoretical : not involving theory or existing only in theory … I came to wonder how well some of those Ph.D.'s and their theories would do with a nontheoretical child.— Jerry Large

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