nonemergency

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English

Alternative forms

  • non-emergency

Etymology

non- +‎ emergency

Adjective

nonemergency (not comparable)

  1. Not an emergency
    a nonemergency situation
  2. Not involved in emergency services, such as fire or rescue
    nonemergency personnel

Noun

nonemergency (plural nonemergencies)

  1. Something that is not an emergency
    • 1988 November 18, David Allen Jones, “Something Stupid”, in Chicago Reader‎[1]:
      That's the number for nonemergencies.
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