nongenetically
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- adverb
- Specialized
- He chose to buy fruits labeled as nongenetically modified to support sustainable farming practices.
Examples
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The Canadian industry's concern about the practical implications of the requirement, for example, the potential negative impact on the image of nongenetically modified Canadian agricultural commodities that may have to be labeled because they are co-mingled with GMOs.
Academic text (2001) -
Ecologically appropriate plant materials as an alternative to the local-only approach. Johnson and colleagues (2010) emphasized the use of genetically appropriate plant materials, equating them with local, nongenetically manipulated plant materials.
Academic text (2013) -
Many consumers prefer vegetables that are grown nongenetically to avoid genetically modified organisms.
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The restaurant specializes in dishes made from locally sourced, nongenetically modified ingredients.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
nongenetically = genetically (transparent) = non + genetic + ally
The productive prefix 'non-' simply negates the adverb 'genetically', so the meaning is directly inferable.
Etymology
The word nongenetically starts with non- 'not' and the part genetic, which comes from a root meaning 'birth' or 'origin' and is in familiar words like generate and generation. So, nongenetically means doing something 'not by genes' or 'not through inheritance'.