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Definition of "non-native" []

  • Not indigenous to a particular area; foreign; invasive. (adjective)

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Use "non-native" in a sentence
  • "Currently, in the United States and in most parts of the world, the term invasive is supposed to be used - or is typically used to refer to a non-native species that is causing harm of some sort."
  • "Rather than go into the issues of how charter schools educate young learners, how they deal with children with learning disabilities, or non-native speakers, how they "choose" their students because parents who have the time, interest, and information to even apply for enrollment of their children are a self-selected group, I would prefer to concentrate on two points: testing and environment."
  • "Silvia makes a plea for extra seconds as a non-native speaker (and synthesis not the best feature of Italians)."
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