nonrelative

Examples

• All

• Nonrelatives were composed of teachers, friends, counselors, and so forth.

  Academic text (2008)

• They are far more willing to deliver food to individuals (including nonrelatives) in an adjacent cage than chimpanzees are in comparable experiments.

  Academic text (2009)

• If individuals are indeed more likely to acquire pathogens from relatives than from nonrelatives, then natural selection should favor individuals that avoid those forms of contact with close relatives, such as cannibalism, that facilitate disease transmission.

  Academic text (1997)

• In comparison, those in the congenital group were approximately 20 years younger on average and were more likely to be male, to have never been married, and to live with nonrelatives or parents or guardians (see Table 1). COGNITIVE AND FUNCTIONAL STATUS

  Academic text (2009)

• "The 'nonfamily household' category refers to 'persons living alone or a householder who shares the home with nonrelatives only; for example, roommates or an unmarried partner' (Simmons and O'Neill 2).

  Academic text (2013)

• Many foster children find loving homes with nonrelatives who are eager to provide care and support.

• Every summer, my children enjoy spending time with their nonrelatives at family gatherings.

• Sometimes, nonrelatives can offer a fresh perspective on life, especially when they come from different backgrounds.

Antonyms

R

relative

645 1.0

A person who is in your family by blood or marriage

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology