nonbelligerent
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of nonbelligerent
First recorded in 1905–10; non- + belligerent
Example Sentences
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The issue is sensitive for the U.S. government, which has cast itself as a nonbelligerent friend to the government in Kyiv as it fights for its sovereignty and survival.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2023
Over time, such cooperation could gradually acclimate Arab peoples to a nonbelligerent stance toward Israel.
From Washington Post ● May 25, 2017
No doubt he hoped the U.S. would remember his friendly gesture of declaring the U.S. a nonbelligerent.
From Time Magazine Archive
Buenos Aires newspapers sarcastically guessed that the German sub-commander had mistaken the sky-blue-&-white markings of nonbelligerent Argentina for the medium-blue-&-white markings of belligerent Honduras, that he had failed to perceive 4-ft.-high letters reading REP.
From Time Magazine Archive
In view of all the Allied pressure that had been put on Turkey, Ankara's declaration of nonbelligerent war seemed rather little and late.
From Time Magazine Archive
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