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nonsitting en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + sitting.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not sitting.
    • They showed that across all postures, nonsitting infants more frequently yoked their arms into a bilateral reach pattern than the independent sitters. 1998, Mark L. Latash, Mindy F. Levin, Progress in Motor Control, page 61:
    • Five of the six nonsitting justices (as of late 1798), including Alfred Moore who later replaced James Iredell, appear to have viewed the Sedition Act as a violation of freedoms of press and speech. 2016, Wendell R. Bird, Press and Speech Under Assault, page XXXI:

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