nonaddictive
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]nonaddictive (not comparable)
- Not addictive; not able to cause addiction.
- 1971 March 19, Richard Severo, “Addiction: Chemistry Is the New Hope, but Degree of Its Effectiveness Is Still Disputed”, in The New York Times[1]:
- Unlike methadone, the [antagonists] are nonaddictive, but the medical profession [generally] remains skeptical; results from use of the antagonists given on a daily basis have been unimpressive.
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- nonaddictive, non-addictive at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.