nonurgent C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /nɑnˈɝdʒənt/ UK /nɒnˈɜːdʒənt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj not urgent; able to wait Nonurgent surgeries were postponed during the crisis. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · not urgent; able to wait routineunpressingdeferrableminortrivial ↔ Opposites urgentpressingcritical Word family Related forms urgenturgencyurge Etymology AI details From non- ('not') + urgent, from Latin urgens, present participle of urgere ('to press, drive, urge'). non Latin urgere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # 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 markdown