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  • adjective Not theoretical.

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non- +‎ theoretical

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Examples

  • But earth-change events have the nontheoretical capacity to sooner, more widely and with more certainty, wreak far greater havoc.

    Early Warning Funding Plays Second Fiddle To Climate Change 2010

  • But earth-change events have the nontheoretical capacity to sooner, more widely and with more certainty, wreak far greater havoc.

    Catastrophes Play Second Fiddle To Climate Change Mark Mills 2010

  • If fighting malaria was his real goal, he could as easily have asked the question: Why don't we divert to it some of the large and nontheoretical sums spent on, say, the military?

    'Can Anyone Stop It?' 2007

  • But ecology as generally practiced was still a loose-jointed, descriptive, nonquantified, nontheoretical enterprise.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • But ecology as generally practiced was still a loose-jointed, descriptive, nonquantified, nontheoretical enterprise.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • The Bible, as Western civilization's principal reli - gious book, illustrates the pervasiveness of unself - conscious imagery — only later to be distinguished as metaphor — in primary or nontheoretical religious dis - course.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas FREDERICK FERR 1968

  • Over the course of time this nontheoretical approach developed into a distinctive American life-style—one characterized by a naive practicality that enabled Americans to unite in a stable way of life and to become a homogeneous society made up of undifferentiated men sharing the same values.

    Interpretations of American History Gerald N. Grob 1967

  • Over the course of time this nontheoretical approach developed into a distinctive American life-style—one characterized by a naive practicality that enabled Americans to unite in a stable way of life and to become a homogeneous society made up of undifferentiated men sharing the same values.

    Interpretations of American History Gerald N. Grob 1967

  • But I'm talking about practical, nonabstract, nontheoretical stuff over here.

    Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Cory Doctorow

  • Weiss draws on scores of interviews and vignettes with highly successful consultants to offer nontheoretical, pragmatic advice on living a balanced life, including how to:

    AvaxHome RSS: 2008

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