nonheavy

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ heavy.

Adjective

nonheavy (not comparable)

1. Not heavy.

   nonheavy metals

   • 2007, Takatoshi Ito, Anne O. Krueger, Trade in Services in the Asia-Pacific Region:

     Thus, the positive output effect of Taiwan's proposed goods liberalization on the nonheavy manufacturing sector stems from the shift in relative industrial protection toward the nonheavy manufacturing sector.

   • 2013, C. Nathan DeWall, The Oxford Handbook of Social Exclusion, page 58:

     Specifically, store personnel displayed microinequities—they smiled less, they spoke fewer words, and they were more rude and less friendly with heavy (versus nonheavy) individuals.

   • 2014, Arthur Alterman, Substance Abuse and Psychopathology, page 24:

     Among the nonheavy drinkers also, those who were depressed had a more difficult time stopping drinking once they had begun.