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单词 non-hazardous
释义

non-hazardousadj.

Brit. /nɒnˈhazədəs/, U.S. /ˌnɑnˈhæzərdəs/
Etymology: < non- prefix + hazardous adj.
Safe; not characterized by or associated with undue hazards or risks. Formerly esp.: designating or relating to goods attracting the lowest rates of insurance against fire loss.
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the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or not dangerous
safe1583
fearless1599
cautionary1684
undangerous1727
non-hazardous1853
1853 Liverpool Mercury 21 Jan. 3/5 Sailmaking—a non-hazardous trade..is obliged to be held in a fireproof warehouse.
1877 Insurance Blue Bk. 13/2 Hazards of the first class, brick or stone buildings, with slate, tile, or metal roofs, and non-hazardous goods therein.
1887 Weekly Underwriter 36 15/1 Based..upon the supposition that the association does not recognize the old classification, leather is being written at non-hazardous rates.
1922 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 14 Sept. 7/1 Women are generally employed in the non-hazardous industries.
1977 C. Ackroyd et al. Technol. Polit. Control xv. 207 There is no way to avoid ‘undesirable effects’ completely, because a perfectly non-hazardous weapon cannot be made.
2012 Electr. Constr. & Maintenance (Nexis) 18 Dec. Optical fiber is generally considered a fairly non-hazardous medium.

Compounds

non-hazardous waste n. waste material that is not regarded as posing a threat to human health or the environment and which does not require special facilities for disposal; also occasionally as a count noun; cf. hazardous waste n. at hazardous adj. Compounds.
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1940 Sewage Wks. Jrnl. Mar. 399 The non-hazardous wastes are mainly condenser waters..and seldom contain pollutional matter.
1975 Warren (Pa.) Times Observer 12 June b17/1 The general scope of work consists of providing disposal service for residential, commercial, and industrial non-hazardous waste.
2007 Financial Times 1 Sept. 16/7 Any non-hazardous waste, such as household rubbish or the contents of skips,..can be sent to a landfill site.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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