Definitions
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- noun Lack of
ownership ; not owning something.
Etymologies
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non- + ownership
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Examples
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The other thing that's got me worried, though, is the nonownership of the leftovers.
Thanksgiving: Trifling with Tradition Lindy 2005
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The other thing that's got me worried, though, is the nonownership of the leftovers.
Toast: Lindy 2005
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The treaty evolved to preserve the fragile balance of ownership and nonownership and to protectTerra Incognita from the depredations of exploitation and warfare.
Terra Incognita Wheeler, Sarah 1996
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"And then there are transumers who value nonownership for environmental reasons: to only use something when you really need it, which involves everything from renting to passing something on to the next person."
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