Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nontherapeutic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: non-ther-a-peu-tic
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not therapeutic

adj

Unrelated to medical treatment

Example Sentences

"But the notorious British heroin "epidemic" was nothing next to the entirely bootleg U. S. epidemic that occurred at the same time; in 1967 the Home Office counted 1,290 "nontherapeutic" addicts."

Etymology

From non- + therapeutic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: non

Phrases

nontherapeutic abortion

Questions

What does nontherapeutic mean?: Not therapeutic
Where does nontherapeutic come from?: From non- + therapeutic.

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