good-neighbor

American  

[good-ney-ber] / ˈgʊdˈneɪ bər /

adjective

1. characterized by friendly political relations and mutual aid between countries.

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Etymology

Origin of good-neighbor

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Displaying a messy yard may not win any good-neighbor awards, but entomologists say our vital but dwindling insect pollinator populations would be much better off.

From Seattle Times

Curiously, conservationists say, the same good-neighbor pledge was not extended to coastal states that opposed Interior’s proposal to lease federal waters to oil and gas companies with hopes of exploring for those resources offshore.

From Washington Post

The Sept. 28 Metro article “State sues EPA over power-plant emissions from five upwind states” explained that Maryland claims 36 power plant unit s in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia are emitting air pollution that affects Maryland in violation of the Clean Air Act’s “good-neighbor provision,” because the plants do not use “their pollution-control technology daily during the summer months, when heat and sunshine speed up creation of ozone gases. Seventy percent of Maryland’s ozone pollution comes from upwind regions outside the state.”

From Washington Post

Maryland officials claim that power plants in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia are violating a “good-neighbor provision” of the U.S.

From Washington Post

The 2016 petition claims that power plants in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia are emitting nitrogen oxide at levels that violate a “good-neighbor provision” in U.S. clean-air law and prevent Maryland from meeting federal air-quality standards.

From Washington Post