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Definition of "nontarget" []

  • Not being the target, as of an agent or weapon: effects of radiotherapy on nontarget cells. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "nontarget" in a sentence
  • "Clothianidin's major risk concern is to nontarget insects that is, honey bees."
  • "Bt Brinjal is neither toxic nor allergenic and is safe to the nontarget organisms and the environment."
  • "A disadvantage of biological control is that some agents attack nontarget species, becoming noxious invaders themselves, and it is very difficult to remove a troublesome introduced natural enemy once it is established."