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nonabusable en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + abusable.

Meanings

1. Not abusable, especially not addictive.
   • I wondered, assuming that we find a legal basis for this requirement, that methadone only be dispensed in a nonabusable form, what criteria would you require to arrive at that decision? 1971, United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Crime, Narcotics Research, Rehabilitation, and Treatment, page 409:
   • The psychotropics can be further divided into either abusable or nonabusable psychotropics. 2011, Louis A. Pagliaro, Ann Marie Pagliaro, Handbook of Child and Adolescent Drug and Substance Abuse:
   • As an alternative to psychostimulants, the use of nonabusable medications such as pemoline or bupropion may be considered and have been effective in reducing ADHD symptoms (Riggs, 1998). 2002, David F. O'Connell, Eileen P. Beyer, Managing the Dually Diagnosed Patient, page 169:

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