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nonbinding

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English

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Etymology

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From non- +‎ binding.

Adjective

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nonbinding (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of non-binding
    • 2014 November 6, Rob Nixon, “Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’”, in The New York Times[1]:
      Klein diagnoses impressively what hasn’t worked. No more claptrap about fracked gas as a bridge to renewables. Enough already of the international summit meetings that produce sirocco-quality hot air, and nonbinding agreements that bind us all to more emissions.
    • 2021 October 9, Dan Bilefsky, “French Language Laws Renew Rift With Quebec's English Speakers”, in The New York Times[2], retrieved 2021-10-09:
      Such is the alarm about the fragility of French in Quebec that a few years ago the provincial government passed a nonbinding resolution calling for shop attendants to replace “bonjour hi” — a common greeting in bilingual, tourist-friendly Montreal — with just “bonjour.”