nonurgent

adjective

non·​ur·​gent ˌnän-ˈər-jənt 

: not calling for immediate attention : not urgent

a nonurgent matter

a nonurgent medical problem

Examples of nonurgent in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Span can also throttle nonurgent workloads or transfer them to other nodes in the fleet. — Vanessa Bates Ramirez, Scientific American, 22 May 2026

Waiting lists for disease diagnosis and nonurgent surgeries are becoming unmanageable, emergency rooms are overwhelmed, and staff is exhausted, Guedes warns. — Sarah Moreno updated February 19, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026

For example, team messaging platforms such as Slack can be used for quick, nonurgent messages that require only a short response. — Janine Schindler, Forbes.com, 6 Feb. 2026

Patients who have nonurgent appointments and elective surgeries scheduled during a strike day may have those rescheduled. — Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1871, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nonurgent

• convergent
• detergent
• divergent
• emergent
• insurgent
• resurgent
• urgent