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nonproprietary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables
non-pro-pri-etary
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lacking proprietary value; not private or privileged information; not owned by anyone (not anyone's property, whether intellectual property or otherwise).

adj

Lacking proprietary value; not private or privileged information; not owned by anyone (not anyone's property, whether intellectual property or otherwise).

noun

A drug that is not proprietary.

Etymology

From non- + proprietary.

Inflected Forms

non-proprietary (alternative) nonproprietaries (plural)

Phrases

international nonproprietary name

Synonyms

generic

Questions

What does nonproprietary mean?
Lacking proprietary value; not private or privileged information; not owned by anyone (not anyone's property, whether intellectual property or otherwise).
Where does nonproprietary come from?
From non- + proprietary.

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