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nonhazardous

nonhazardous

1 3.0
Not dangerous and unlikely to harm people or the environment
  • adjective
  • /nɒnˈhæzərdəs/
: no peligroso
  • The agency's recent statewide overview showed that the number of landfills accepting nonhazardous solid waste dropped from 146 in 1987 to 52 at the end of 1997.
  • nonhazardous waste
  • nonhazardous landfill
  • nonhazardous solid

Examples

  • Certain nonhazardous wastes from glassmaking would make good additions to concrete, improving its properties.

    Academic text (1994)

  • This gender difference in the health impact of a nonhazardous landfill needs to be investigated further.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Less landfilling of nonhazardous waste.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Figure 3 shows the industries that account for the national nonhazardous industrial waste stream (5).

    Academic text (1994)

  • Few studies have investigated the health impact of nonhazardous wastes.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Quadrafoam is nonhazardous and pH-neutralized for longer filter life.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Approximately 800 Mexican maquiladoras reported shipping either hazardous or nonhazardous waste from Mexico to the United States in 1997.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The disposal of nonhazardous solid waste on the island of Mauritius is centered on the Mare Chicose landfill.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Department of Defense, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina -- In 1997, 1,665 tons of materials were recycled, reducing the nonhazardous waste stream by 44 percent and the hazardous waste stream by 26 percent.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The company uses nonhazardous materials to ensure the safety of its products.

Synonyms

nontoxic
vsnonhazardous
6 3.4

Safe for people, animals, and the environment

applies more widely to any hazard beyond toxic effects
non-poisonous
vsnonhazardous
1 2.5

Safe to eat, touch, or use

covers additional dangers not tied to ingestion or contact
undangerous
vsnonhazardous
1 4.1

Safe and not likely to cause harm

specifies concern also for public health and environmental effects
unhazardous
vsnonhazardous
1 3.1

Not likely to cause danger or harm

adds explicit scope for people, health, and environmental harm
nonpoisonous
vsnonhazardous
1 2.5

Not containing poison and safe to touch or eat

is narrower to poisoning and excludes other safety concerns

Antonyms

dangerous
∞ 1.5

Likely to cause harm or injury

hazardous
89 5.2

Likely to cause harm or danger

How Hazardous

lethal
247 4.8
dangerous
∞ 1.5
hazardous
89 5.2
nonhazardous
1 3.0

Surface Forms

nonhazardous positive

Morphology

nonhazardous = hazardous (transparent) = non + hazard + ous

The prefix 'non-' clearly negates the meaning of 'hazardous'.

Etymology

Nonhazardous begins with non- meaning 'not' and the part hazard, which means 'danger' or 'risk' and once named a dice game that stood for 'chance'. So nonhazardous means 'not dangerous' or 'not likely to cause harm'.