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nonaccumulative

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English

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Etymology

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From non- +‎ accumulative.

Adjective

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nonaccumulative (not comparable)

  1. Not accumulative; that does not accumulate.
    • 1979, Benjamin C. Kuo, Step motors and control systems, page 2:
      It is characterized by low rotor inertia, no drift, and nonaccumulative positioning error.
    • 1983, New Jersey. Legislature. General Assembly. Labor Committee, Public Hearing Before Assembly Labor Committee on A-585 (proposes Various Amendments to the Employer-Employee Relations Act):
      Nonaccumulative additional sick leave benefits shall be allowed to teachers according to the following schedule:

Adjective

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nonaccumulative (comparative more nonaccumulative, superlative most nonaccumulative)

  1. Tending to avoid accumulation.
    • 2012, Scott Cook, Leigh Binford, Obliging Need: Rural Petty Industry in Mexican Capitalism, page 17:
      Curiously, the key protagonists in both camps accepted the idea of a specific "peasant" economy, mode of production, or production form (e.g., de Appendini and Almeida 1976: 36-37; Stavenhagen 1978; Warman 1980; Bartra 1978: 75-90) distinguished from the capitalist economy by its undifferentiated and nonaccumulative character—even though admittedly inserted in, and surrounded by, capitalism.
    • 2016, Tezenlo Thong, Colonization, Proselytization, and Identity, page 20:
      The feast was actually a nonaccumulative practice and a way of getting rid of excessive wealth accumulated over years of subsistence economic practices.