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The timar was nonhereditary; upon the timariot’s death, the sultan awarded the vacant timar to someone else.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Evan, who turns 2 in December, was born with Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare, nonhereditary genetic disorder that has a most cruel and unusual symptom - chronic hunger.

From Washington Times • Sep. 18, 2017

Evan, who turns 2 in December, was born with Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare, nonhereditary genetic disorder that has a most cruel and unusual symptom — chronic hunger.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2017

Other times, as in Germany or Israel or Ireland, there is a largely ceremonial, nonhereditary president who serves as head of state.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2013

In later states, including most today, the leadership often became nonhereditary, and many states abandoned the entire system of formal hereditary classes carried over from chiefdoms.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond