NONDEDUCTIVE Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

nondeductive

adjective

Definition of nondeductive

as in explicit

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Adjective

The movie boasts entirely original characters, Lovecraftian vibes, a young Brad Pitt, and explicit horniness.

— James Grebey, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
That can mean funding small pilot programs, giving teams explicit room to experiment within reasonable guardrails, or simply promoting the people already finding smarter ways to work before anyone told them to.

— Stacy L. Hambleton, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of explicit

Adjective

Serving a vital manufacturing and export region in China, the Shenzhen facility supports growing cross-border trade, e-commerce shipments and time-definite international express services.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 18 Aug. 2026
But there are definite issues with trying to juggle everything at the same time.

— Charles Moss, SPIN, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of definite

Adjective

During the school year, Daeun Kim, 17, catches the express bus at least five days a week from Staten Island to the Upper West Side.

— Adi Guajardo, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Lundy cited similar express trains in cities such as London and Hong Kong as reference points for the possible O’Hare express.

— Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of express

Adjective

For now, video officials will be limited to categorical errors, such as a second caution given to a player for handball when replays prove the ball hit them in the face.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
By 2024, just two-thirds of districts’ funding came from the foundation allowance; the rest came mostly from state categorical grants.

— Jason Burns, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of categorical

Adjective

But the question remained unsolved for polygons with irrational angles.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2026
As a result, the argument goes, today's spending is irrational because the hardware would need to be replaced too frequently to generate an attractive return on investment, known as ROI.

— , CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of irrational

Adjective

Lambasting Lambert for the performance is illogical, but so is placing so much importance on one player.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
But Musgrove said Clancy lost a lot of weight during that time, struggled with her memory and became paranoid about illogical things.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of illogical

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