nonrestrictive

[non-ri-strik-tiv]

non·re·stric·tive

[non-ri-strik-tiv]
adjective
1.
not restrictive or limiting.
2.
Grammar. descriptive of a modified element rather than limiting of the element's meaning: a nonrestrictive modifier. Compare restrictive (def. 4).

Origin:
1920–25; non- + restrictive
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nonrestrictive (ˌnɒnrɪˈstrɪktɪv)
 
adj
1.  not restrictive or limiting
2.  grammar Compare restrictive denoting a relative clause that is not restrictive

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