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noncontiguous

American  
[nahn-kuhn-ti-gyoo-uhs] / ˌnɑn kənˈtɪ gyu əs /

adjective

  1. not contiguous.


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The autumn operation exposed flaws too: The land couldn’t accommodate all the vehicles, said Lemmermann, and it consisted of noncontiguous plots, forcing Rheinmetall to bus soldiers to and fro.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

That makes Wisconsin an outlier nationally, with 46 other states having no noncontiguous districts, and Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Tennessee having a total of nine noncontiguous districts, attorneys argued.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023

Is it an amalgam of two noncontiguous seasons, a conjoined summer and winter, say, with days balmy enough to strip down to swimsuits and nights cold enough for mittens and hot chocolate?

From Washington Post • Sep. 18, 2022

Afrin is noncontiguous with the much larger area to the east controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces in cooperation with the U.S. military.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2018

These were all changes coming from outside, but it next to be demonstrated that Spain herself did not hold her noncontiguous territories as sacred as she did her home dominions.

From Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Robertson, James Alexander

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