NONEROTIC Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus

nonerotic

adjective

Definition of nonerotic

as in unerotic

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Adjective

The director Ninja Thyberg’s new film is graphic yet deeply unerotic.

— David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 May 2022
Holbein was sensitive but cautiously unerotic in picturing women, who are usually sombre.

— Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022

Definition of unerotic

Adjective

Those records show that throughout the ER trips, Henry Ford employees and ambulance workers generally found Tingley cooperative and polite.

— Jordan Rau, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026
The community nurse hadn’t even bothered to rewrite it, and the polite doctor simply stamped under her amendments.

— Alicja Turczyk, The Dial, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of polite

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Months later, a report found the state hadn't complied with its own lethal injection process since its revision in 2018, resulting in executions being conducted without proper testing of the drugs.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Guadagnino speaks in calligraphy; adjectives almost certainly accompany a proper name — the extraordinary, the wonderful, the genius.

— E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

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