Nonattacking

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not attacking. not-comparable

    "The nonattacking pawn posed no threat in the chess game."

Example

More examples

"The nonattacking pawn posed no threat in the chess game."

Etymology

From non- + attacking.

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