nonorganic

English

Alternative forms

• non-organic

Etymology

From non- +‎ organic.

Adjective

nonorganic (not comparable)

1. (usually of food) Not organic
   • 1988 January 22, Robert McClory, “The Yeast of Our Problems”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     Banned are newspapers and books, noncotton clothing, after-shave lotions and deodorants, all nonorganic or processed foods […] .

   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Eden Prime:

     Shepard: What else do you know about the geth?
     Ashley Williams: Just what I remember from history class back in school. They're synthetics. Non-organic life-forms with limited AI programming created by the quarians a few centuries ago.

Related terms

• inorganic

Noun

nonorganic (plural nonorganics)

1. An item, material, etc. that is not organic.