nonlegitimate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From non- + legitimate.
Adjective
[edit]nonlegitimate (not comparable)
- Not legitimate; illegitimate, invalid.
- 2007 January 21, Randy Cohen, “An Ex Takes the Spot”, in New York Times[1]:
- In fact, in some states, according to one lawyer I consulted, it is a tort — a civil offense — if someone “intentionally destroys your chance of getting a job for nonlegitimate reasons” (“legitimate” presumably having little reference to romance and its stings).