"nonproprietary" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From non- + proprietary. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|non|proprietary}} non- + proprietary Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} nonproprietary (not comparable)
  1. Lacking proprietary value; not private or privileged information; not owned by anyone (not anyone's property, whether intellectual property or otherwise). Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-nonproprietary-en-adj-1YkBx95U
  2. Lacking proprietary value; not private or privileged information; not owned by anyone (not anyone's property, whether intellectual property or otherwise).
    Not protected by trademark, patent, or trade secret and thus open to commercial use without license; said of drugs (medications) and of various kinds of goods and materials.
    Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: generic
    Sense id: en-nonproprietary-en-adj-LpSU3U~D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with non-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 79 5 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with non-: 27 56 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 86 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 90 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: international nonproprietary name

Noun

Forms: nonproprietaries [plural]
Etymology: From non- + proprietary. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|non|proprietary}} non- + proprietary Head templates: {{en-noun}} nonproprietary (plural nonproprietaries)
  1. A drug that is not proprietary. Synonyms: generic
    Sense id: en-nonproprietary-en-noun-ybXfER2W

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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