noncontact
Americanadjective
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Sports. of or relating to a sport or version of a sport that does not involve physical contact between players.
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not involving, requiring, or resulting from physical contact.
Example Sentences
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Track and cross-country might be noncontact competitions, but what about basketball or soccer?
Then, in the second half against Denver, Parsons went down with a noncontact injury that threatens to sideline him for the team’s playoff push and possibly into 2026.
But Brown’s breakout was cut short this week, when the redshirt junior suffered a noncontact injury during USC’s practice that’s expected to keep him out for the foreseeable future.
From Los Angeles Times
Last spring, Habermehl suffered a noncontact injury minutes before practice ended — a moment those in attendance described as filled with screams of anguish.
From Los Angeles Times
My co-founder, Kevin Hunt, and I piloted a noncontact boxing program in Slauson, South Park and Nickerson Gardens.
From Los Angeles Times
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