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nontenured

American  
[non-ten-yerd] / nɒnˈtɛn jərd /

adjective

Education.
  1. not having tenure.


Etymology

Origin of nontenured

non- + tenured


Example Sentences

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Concytec officials have asked universities to clarify their relationships with the remaining 70 registered researchers, many of whom appear to be nontenured lecturers or former students from other nations.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 21, 2023

More than 600 hourly employees are eligible to affiliate with the Maine Service Employees Association, part of the Service Employees International Union, including nontenured or tenure-track faculty and college support staff, the newspaper reported.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2022

He left Harvard in 2002 after a public fight with the university’s president at the time, but returned to the institution in a nontenured position in 2017.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2021

Flowing directly from the decision to pay contingent faculty less than the tenure-stream faculty is the negative attitude of tenured faculty toward their nontenured colleagues.

From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2014

That should send a chill down the already-frigid spine of every nontenured faculty member in America—and the people who depend on them for food and shelter.

From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2013

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