Definition of "nonindustry" [nonindustry]

• Not of pertaining to industry or some specific industry. (adjective)

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• "Some of the nonindustry parties already getting tongues wagging: Nicholas Berggruen , of Berggruen Holdings, is holding his annual pre-party at the Chateau Marmont, the same night Larry Gagosian is hosting an event with the actor James Franco ."
• "Kathleen Quinn, a spokeswoman for the agency, said panel choices were made based on the federal statute, which said the nonindustry members of the panel could not have received any salary or payments from any tobacco manufacturer, distributor or retailer in the previous 18 months."
• "But all those claims are compatible with the widely recognized fact that antidepressants have helped a great many people and that, as John Michael Bostwick of the Mayo Clinic has written, several recent, large nonindustry studies indicated that rates of suicide and suicidal behavior were actually reduced in children who used antidepressants, despite piteous anecdotal tales."