Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby.
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- adjective Not
recreational .
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- adjective involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby
Etymologies
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Examples
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It also includes the excessive use of drugs or chemicals for nonrecreational purposes, such as by a toddler.
Poison 2008
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Specifically, we experienced difficulties distinguishing recreational from nonrecreational activities because some documents we reviewed lacked necessary detail.
Latest Articles GAO Correspondence 2010
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Similarly, my sole run-in with ketamine, a PCP-like anesthetic qua party drug called Special K, was decidedly nonrecreational.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Another possibility would be to have state lawmakers change the law so that SPLOST proceeds could be used only for narrow categories of infrastructure projects, such as public safety improvements and / or road and bridge projects and / or nonrecreational facilities construction.
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Another possibility would be to have state lawmakers change the law so that SPLOST proceeds could be used only for narrow categories of infrastructure projects, such as public safety improvements and / or road and bridge projects and / or nonrecreational facilities construction.
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