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nonrepetitive

nonrepetitive

6.1
That does not happen again in the same way or pattern
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɒn.rɪˈpɛt.ɪv/
translation icon : no repetitivo
  • His writing style is nonrepetitive, as he strives to introduce new ideas in each chapter.
  • nonrepetitive reading

Examples

  • The artist created a nonrepetitive melody that captivated the audience with its unique variations.

  • For her presentation, she used nonrepetitive slides to ensure that each part of her speech remained fresh and engaging.

  • Only nonrepetitive items with a simple factor structure were chosen for the analysis.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Because the number of nonrepetitive pairs of stimuli assessed increases geometrically with the addition of each new stimulus, nine schools were selected to achieve an appropriate balance between the need for metric determinacy and the potential for demand artifacts in the data collection process.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Kuhn (2005) compared repeated reading, wide reading (i.e., increased amount of a single nonrepetitive reading of a different story or passage), and listening only on second graders' word recognition, prosody, and comprehension performance.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The fission yeast contains a central nonrepetitive region, flanked by centromere-specific innermost repeats that form the site of kinetochore assembly (Carroll and Straight 2006).

    Academic text (2009)

Synonyms

nonrecurring
vsnonrepetitive
5.3

Happening only once and not again

is a general term for absence of repetition without implying expectation
nonrecurrent
vsnonrepetitive
6.8

Not happening again after the first time

is broader, applying to things not repeated in general rather than only after one event

Antonyms

58 3.5

Doing the same thing again and again

How Repetitive

monotonous
14 5.3
repetitive
58 3.5
intermittent
35 6.5
occasional
285 2.8
nonrepetitive
6.1

Surface Forms

nonrepetitive positive

Morphology

nonrepetitive = repetitive (transparent) = non + repeat + ive

The prefix 'non-' straightforwardly negates the adjective 'repetitive', and 'repetitive' is transparently formed from 'repeat' + '-ive'.

Etymology

Nonrepetitive comes from the parts non- meaning 'not' and repeat meaning 'do again'. So nonrepetitive describes something that does not happen 'again and again', like a song or pattern that keeps changing to stay fresh.