nonnative
of or relating to a language that is not the first language acquired by a person: It is harder to communicate in your nonnative language.
of or relating to a person communicating in a nonnative language: a nonnative speaker of English.
Biology. of or relating to a plant or animal that is not indigenous to a region: The proliferation of nonnative plants is choking out the local flora.
Digital Technology. of or relating to software that was not originally designed for the platform on which it is running: nonnative user interfaces;nonnative apps.
Origin of nonnative
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How to use nonnative in a sentence
That Eugene was programmed to be a non-native English speaker gave it an advantage; similarly that it was meant to be 13.
The AI That Wasn’t: Why ‘Eugene Goostman’ Didn’t Pass the Turing Test | Elizabeth Lopatto | June 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOr do the common errors differ between native speakers and non-native speakers?
Most of the non-native English speakers I encounter tend to be writers or teachers.
(Maan) Israel's immigrants star in OECD education ranking - Non-native Israelis have higher employment rates than sabras.
Even today, most of the perpetrators of these crimes against Native women are non-Native, which is unusual.
In the South they are more numerous than any other non-native element.
The Old World in the New | Edward Alsworth RossA decade ago the Irish were found to be relatively thrice as numerous in our almshouses as other non-native elements.
The Old World in the New | Edward Alsworth RossThe non-native element shows distinct tendencies to dwell in groups.
The Frontier in American History | Frederick Jackson Turner
British Dictionary definitions for non-native
a person who is not a native of a particular place or country
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