nongovernmental

/ ˌnɒnɡʌvənˈmɛntəl /

adjective

1. not related to government affairs or procedures

Example Sentences

For 10 months, Crisp and others beat down the doors of government agencies, nongovernmental organizations and commercial enterprise to find the money to preserve it, but this was in the teeth of the Great Recession, and no one signed on.

From Los Angeles Times

But the effects of the country’s objections are more than symbolic, said Kristopher Velasco, a sociology professor at Princeton University who studies how international institutions and nongovernmental organizations have worked to expand or curtail LGBTQ+ rights.

From Salon

But this year, authorities passed a new law that would impose a 30% tax on donations to nongovernmental organizations like Cristosal.

From Los Angeles Times

Earlier this month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics—the independent agency that’s housed within the Department of Labor and responsible for calculating inflation data, among other things—informed a group of nongovernmental economists that the massive staff cuts at the DOL, along with a forced hiring freeze, have hampered the bureau’s resources.

From Slate

The principals of the company declined to be interviewed, writing in a text that they want to be sensitive to nongovernmental organizations supporting immigrant communities.

From Los Angeles Times