Definition of "nonindustrial" [nonindustrial]

• Not industrial. (adjective)
• Of a geographic area, not designated for use by manufacturers and other industries; residential or commercial. (adjective)

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• "Mike Kane for The Wall Street Journa Seattle has become a hotbed for cleaning up abandoned industrial sites and redeveloping them for nonindustrial uses such as office buildings and shopping centers."
• "But people from small, nonindustrial societies, such as the Hadza foragers of Tanzania, offer about $2.50 to the other player — who accepts it."
• "But all that's left are a few old warehouses and factories long since converted to nonindustrial uses."