noncompetitive

Definition of noncompetitivenext

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Recent Examples of noncompetitive Activities include downriver races and noncompetitive events for canoes, kayaks and stand-up paddleboards. Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025 To outsiders, including noncompetitive massage practitioners, the whole thing can seem nuts. Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025 The watchdog has identified those two occupations as critical gaps every year since 2014, despite the VA having special authority to make noncompetitive hires in those fields. Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2025 Pat’s Place has since lost 66 percent of its noncompetitive funding, Oliver said. Ryan Oehrli august 5, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for noncompetitive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncompetitive
Adjective
  • Festivities kicked off with a trailer narrated by Uma Thurman (objectively cool), and a handful of mostly uncompetitive undercard bouts (save the always game and bloodied Nate Diaz), the crowd loudly booing MVP promoter Jake Paul at his own event, and the graphic getting Rousey’s age wrong.
    Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 May 2026
  • Troiano said before this redistricting battle about 90% of congressional races were uncompetitive.
    Miles Parks, NPR, 14 May 2026
Adjective
  • Beckett was found unresponsive in the hotel room, and her mother was cooperative during the investigation.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
  • The railroad projects are a cooperative effort by Caltrans, the San Diego Association of Governments, and railroad right-of-way owner North County Transit District.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026
Adjective
  • Emily Yeager, the lead author of the study, told USA TODAY in an interview that the symbiotic relationship between remoras and their hosts had been considered either mutualistic, where both species benefit or commensal, where one benefits without affecting the other.
    James Powel, USA Today, 14 May 2026
  • From the former, Furyk pointed to the Ryder Cup and the Presidents Cup — rather than treating the two as separate entities, the relationship should be much more symbiotic.
    Hugh Kellenberger, New York Times, 13 May 2026

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“Noncompetitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncompetitive. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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