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nonreproductive

Definitions

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  • adjective Not able to reproduce; sterile.
  • adjective Not of or pertaining to reproduction.
  • noun biology Any creature that cannot reproduce.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ reproductive

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Examples

  • Thus, for a denomination that has already declined by a half million members over the last two decades, the report sounds a call for widening the circle of faithful -- not with children, but with nonreproductive gays, lesbians and heterosexual singles who practice "safe sex."

    Roll Over John Calvin 2008

  • Regulatory logic confirmed a link will have a copy of the IQ motif reproductive and nonreproductive functions.

    Junk DNA, Junk Science, and The Onion Test - The Panda's Thumb 2007

  • Aside from the ethical questions -- should we tamper with embryonic cells, or perform nonreproductive human cloning?

    SELLING OUT FOR SCIENCE 2007

  • I personally cannot imagine a group of lawmakers 200 years ago sitting around discussing what bits of a woman's body her husband may or may not touch; † but in short, the fact that sexual pleasure can be received from a nonreproductive sex act gripes some peoples 'souls.

    June 1st, 2005 2005

  • Another zinger: "This begs the question of why married men go to prostitutes rather than buying from their wives, who presumably will be low-cost providers, considering that they can sell nonreproductive sex without compromising their marriage."

    The Economics Of ProstitutionMoney Special Report: The Economics Of Prostitution 2006

  • Studies suggest 75 percent of bonobo sex is nonreproductive and that nearly all bonobos are bisexual.

    08/02/2004 2004

  • Unless they believe nonreproductive sex by women, at least is worse than murder.

    Where The Campaign Against Sex Education Has Brought Us 2006

  • They generally forbid specific types of sexual acts that are considered “unnatural,” from those with beasts to those involving nonreproductive body parts, even if they harm no one and are engaged in by consenting adults in the privacy of the home.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • They generally forbid specific types of sexual acts that are considered “unnatural,” from those with beasts to those involving nonreproductive body parts, even if they harm no one and are engaged in by consenting adults in the privacy of the home.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • They generally forbid specific types of sexual acts that are considered “unnatural,” from those with beasts to those involving nonreproductive body parts, even if they harm no one and are engaged in by consenting adults in the privacy of the home.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

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