nonrecurrent

[ non-ri-kur-uhnt, -kuhr ]

adjective

1. not recurrent.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nonrecurrent¹

First recorded in 1920–25; non- + recurrent

Example Sentences

Bowser also touched on issues that she raised during the campaign, promising to hire “the best and brightest police officers” and working to make homelessness “rare, brief and nonrecurrent.”

From Washington Post

“It is an example of what is called nonrecurrent engineering,” Hayes-Roth explained.

From Scientific American

Lee, J. A., Carvalho, C. M. & Lupski, J. R. A DNA replication mechanism for generating nonrecurrent rearrangements associated with genomic disorders.

From Nature

It allows employers to hire them without informing federal and state agencies if the workers perform casual, nonrecurrent jobs like babysitting or gardening on the employer's property or if they have a special skill like carpentry and can work without supervision.

From Time Magazine Archive

Moreover the present surplus results from many nonrecurrent items.

From Project Gutenberg