NONRESTRICTIVE

nonrestrictive

(adjective) not limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase; “the nonrestrictive clause in ‘I always buy his books, which have influenced me greatly,’ refers to his books generally and adds an additional fact about them”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

nonrestrictive (not comparable)

not restrictive; not imposing restrictions

Source: Wiktionary



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9 May 2025

RIGHT

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”


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Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.

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