non-addicting

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

non- +‎ addicting

Adjective

non-addicting (not comparable)

  1. Not addicting.
    • 1980, William A. Emboden, Narcotic Plants, page 46:
      It is an important observation that unlike the other categories discussed in this book, the true hallucinogens are non-addicting.
    • 2003, Terence Morris, Pentonville: A Sociological Study of an English Prison, page 59:
      Strictly speaking, marijuana is non-addicting
    • 2005, Kenneth W Wanberg with Harvey B Milkman, Criminal Conduct and Substance Abuse Treatment, page 101:
      The sometimes proclaimed view that marijuana is non-addicting is contradicted by observed withdrawal effects.