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NONCOMPETITIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does noncompetitive mean?
• NONCOMPETITIVE (adjective)
The adjective NONCOMPETITIVE has 1 sense:
1. not involving competition or competitiveness
Familiarity information: NONCOMPETITIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not involving competition or competitiveness
Context example:
noncompetitive interest in games
Similar:
accommodative; cooperative (willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement)
monopolistic (having exclusive control over a commercial activity by possession or legal grant)
uncompetitive (not inclined to compete)
Antonym:
competitive (involving competition or competitiveness)
Context examples
The hydrochloride salt of memantine, a low-affinity, voltage-dependent, noncompetitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist.
(Memantine hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
MEK inhibitor MEK162, noncompetitive with ATP, binds to and inhibits the activity of MEK1/2.
(MEK Inhibitor MEK162, NCI Thesaurus)
Ethidium bromide and chloride are toxic substances and potent noncompetitive antagonists of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.
(Homidium Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)
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