nonastonishing en · ADJ
Etymology
From non- + astonishing.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not astonishing.
At that workshop, faculty are asked to share with other participants a “nonastonishing teaching tip.”
2002, Helen M. Burnstad, “Part-Time Faculty Development at Johnson County Community College”, in Gordon E. Watts, editor, Enhancing Community Colleges Through Professional Development (New Directions for Community Colleges; number 120), Wiley, page 23:An astonishing report is, other things being equal, less credible than a nonastonishing one.
2002, Karen Jones, “The Politics of Credibility”, in Louise M. Antony, Charlotte E. Witt, editors, A Mind of One’s Own: Feminist Essays on Reason And Objectivity, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 157:Most women who go to work go into nonastonishing jobs. So do men.
1989, Helen Harris Perlman, Looking Back to See Ahead, Chicago, Ill.; London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 76: