nonurgent

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /nɑnˈɝdʒənt/ UK /nɒnˈɜːdʒənt/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
not urgent; able to wait

Nonurgent surgeries were postponed during the crisis.

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Synonyms

1 adj · not urgent; able to wait routineunpressingdeferrableminor trivial

Opposites

urgent pressing critical

Word family

Related forms urgent urgency urge

Etymology

From non- ('not') + urgent, from Latin urgens, present participle of urgere ('to press, drive, urge').

non Latin urgere Latin

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# nonurgent

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** nɑnˈɝdʒənt
**IPA (UK):** nɒnˈɜːdʒənt

## Meanings
1. not urgent; able to wait

## Examples
- Nonurgent surgeries were postponed during the crisis.

## Synonyms
- routine
- unpressing
- deferrable
- minor
- trivial

## Antonyms
- urgent
- pressing
- critical

## Related Forms
- urgent
- urgency
- urge

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: non
- Root: urgere

## Etymology
From non- ('not') + urgent, from Latin urgens, present participle of urgere ('to press, drive, urge').

## AI Etymology
Nonurgent is from non- ('not') + urgent, from Latin urgens, present participle of urgere ('to press, drive, urge'). Important recorded forms include non (Latin) and urgere (Latin). Morphologically, the non- element marks negation or exclusion while the base supplies the domain being denied. The modern sense is largely compositional: the word names the absence, exclusion, or opposite of the base idea. In current use it covers not urgent; able to wait. The wider family includes related words such as urgent, urgency, and urge.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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