Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not being the target, as of an agent or weapon.
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- adjective That is not a
target
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Examples
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Clothianidin's major risk concern is to nontarget insects that is, honey bees.
John DeCock: Another Agribusiness Disaster on the Horizon John DeCock 2011
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Clothianidin's major risk concern is to nontarget insects that is, honey bees.
John DeCock: Another Agribusiness Disaster on the Horizon John DeCock 2011
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Bt Brinjal is neither toxic nor allergenic and is safe to the nontarget organisms and the environment.
Why Is India Shunning Safer Food? C. Kameswara Rao 2010
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Bt Brinjal is neither toxic nor allergenic and is safe to the nontarget organisms and the environment.
Why Is India Shunning Safer Food? C. Kameswara Rao 2010
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When you grow up nontarget in segregation, you are damaged in your ability to relate to others.
HATE CRIMES AND THE WAR ON TERROR Maggie Jochild 2007
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Effect of a biological control introduction on three nontarget native species of saturniid moths.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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A disadvantage of biological control is that some agents attack nontarget species, becoming noxious invaders themselves, and it is very difficult to remove a troublesome introduced natural enemy once it is established.
Invasive species 2009
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Effect of a biological control introduction on three nontarget native species of saturniid moths.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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The intended result may or may not be achieved in any given case, but the one almost sure thing is that unintended results - nontarget effects - will also be achieved. '
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Understanding the Nontarget Effects of Genetic Manipulation 2009
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The intended result may or may not be achieved in any given case, but the one almost sure thing is that unintended results - nontarget effects - will also be achieved.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Understanding the Nontarget Effects of Genetic Manipulation 2009
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