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Definition of Nonthreatening
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonthreatening
Literary usage of Nonthreatening
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Case Studies from the Quality Improvement Support System by David H. Gustafson (1998)
"Chest pain can result from a variety of causes, ranging in severity from
nonthreatening to potentially fatal. Unnecessary morbidity and mortality can result ..."
2. Major Powers in Northeast Asian Security by Ralph A. Cossa (1996)
"Japanese regional security efforts, to remain nonthreatening to Japan's neighbors,
can most effectively be accomplished within the framework of the US-Japan ..."
3. Clinician's Handbook of Preventive Services: Put Prevention Into Practice by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Information should be elicited in a nonthreatening manner. ... They often find
this to be a nonthreatening way to reveal information about tobacco use and ..."
4. Preventing Deadly Conflict edited by David A. Hamburg, Cyrus R. Vance (1998)
"... and in the process promote important values of transparency, nonthreatening
force structures and deployments, and civilian control of the military. ..."
5. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Fredric Solomon (1986)
"The overwhelming bias was to interpret the warnings as nonthreatening and then
search for other clues with which to discount or confirm them. ..."
6. Teaching Reading to Black Adolescent Males: Closing the Achievement Gapby Alfred W. Tatum by Alfred W. Tatum (2005)
"Use a variety of assessments (some examples: graded, ungraded, open- ended
assessments; nonthreatening ones with no single right answers; written or oral ..."
7. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"... frightening or sudden occurrences Even nonthreatening and mild stimuli may be
sufficient to trigger the startle reflex etiology can be established. ..."
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