nonpermanent en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English non- Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *m̥néh₁yeti Proto-Italic *m(V)nēō Latin maneō Latin permaneōlbor. Middle French permanentbor. English permanent English nonpermanent From non- + permanent.
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(not-comparable) Not permanent
[…] lengthy negotiations continued through Friday on a series of amendments from three of the Security Council’s nonpermanent members, South Africa, Indonesia and Qatar.
2007 March 25, Thom Shanker, “Security Council Votes to Tighten Iran Sanctions”, in New York Times:
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