Definition of "nonaddictive" [nonaddictive]

• Not addictive; not able to cause addiction. (adjective)

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• "The blocks used by Buckenmaier and his team are made possible by the recent invention of small, microprocessor-controlled pumps which bathe nerves in nonaddictive drugs that discourage the transmission of pain signals."
• "The iridescent poison dart frogs from northwest Columbia produce epibatidine which is being tested as a nonsedating, nonaddictive, nonopioid painkiller."
• "Dr. Dent had discovered a cure using apomorphine, a derivative of morphine but nonaddictive, that seemed to have real promise."