nonfiring

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ firing.

Adjective

nonfiring (not comparable)

1. That does not fire.
   • 1970, American Nuclear Society, Nuclear applications and technology, Volume 8:

     The level of europium found on the web of the nonfiring hand is significantly different from the levels on the palms and backs of the hand...

   • 1993 September, “Cease Firing”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 170, number 9:

     In relatively short order, he became one of the leading distributors of nonfiring guns in the world.

Noun

nonfiring (uncountable)

1. Absence of firing; failure to fire.
   • 1958, James Thomas Culbertson, Mathematics and logic for digital devices:

     The Firing and Nonfiring of Receptors