Nonadversarial
//nɒnˌæd.vəˈsɛəɹi.əl// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not adversarial. not-comparable
"On Wednesday, the administration announced that an unnamed judge on the secret court, in a nonadversarial proceeding that apparently cannot be appealed, had issued orders that apparently both granted surveillance requests and set out some ground rules for how such requests would be handled."
Example
More examples"On Wednesday, the administration announced that an unnamed judge on the secret court, in a nonadversarial proceeding that apparently cannot be appealed, had issued orders that apparently both granted surveillance requests and set out some ground rules for how such requests would be handled."
Etymology
From non- + adversarial.
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