Definition of "nonadversarial" [nonadversarial]

• Not adversarial. (adjective)

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• "Yet here, the prison engaged instead in the error-prone, multifaceted decision to treat mental illness and did so in a truncated, nonadversarial setting when it decided to forcibly medicate Mr. Loughner on the ostensible grounds of addressing dangerousness, Loughner's lawyers wrote."
• "He says the union has changed and wants a new nonadversarial relationship with management."
• "Relatively inexpensive and nonadversarial divorce mediation—rather than pricey, contentious litigation—is now more common than ever."