noncompulsive
English
Etymology
From non- + compulsive.
Adjective
noncompulsive (not comparable)
- Not compulsive.
- 2009 August 5, Mark Bittman, “Solving Squid Spatter (and No, Not the Ink)”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 May 2023:
- So if you dry the squid compulsively, at least by my noncompulsive standards, and you cook it in small batches, you solve the problem.