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nonbinding en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English non- Middle English byndynge English binding English nonbinding From non- + binding.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative spelling of non-binding.
    • Such is the alarm about the fragility of French in Quebec that a few years ago the provincial government passed a nonbinding resolution calling for shop attendants to replace “bonjour hi” — a common greeting in bilingual, tourist-friendly Montreal — with just “bonjour.” 2021 October 9, Dan Bilefsky, “French Language Laws Renew Rift With Quebec's English Speakers”, in The New York Times, retrieved 09 Oct 2021:
    • Klein diagnoses impressively what hasn’t worked. No more claptrap about fracked gas as a bridge to renewables. Enough already of the international summit meetings that produce sirocco-quality hot air, and nonbinding agreements that bind us all to more emissions. 2014 November 6, Rob Nixon, “Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’”, in The New York Times: