non-injuryn.adj.
/nɒnˈɪn(d)ʒ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌnɑnˈɪndʒ(ə)ri/ A. n.
1. Absence or lack of injury. Also: an instance of this; an injury that has not occurred.In quot. 1773 with reference to harmless words: cf. injury n. 2.
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1773 ‘Candidus’ Short Let. to J. Toulmin 7 The causeless reflections of men are non-injuries to us.
1885 Gardening Illustr. 3 Jan. 557/3 As regards injury or non-injury to plants in dwelling-houses from gas,..the following observations may be of some interest.
1901 Trans. Inst. Mining Engineers 19 4 Mr. Binns confirmed his information as to the non-injury of the operator.
2004 D. I. Peterson Lawyers, Litigants, & Whores vii. 148 This was a huge outlay of funds for a minor injury or perhaps even a non-injury in which this person's symptoms appeared to be greatly exaggerated.
2. Avoidance of causing injury or harm, esp. as a principle or doctrine. Cf. non-violence n.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [noun] > non-violence
fair?c1450
bloodlessness1646
non-violence1831
non-injury1838
1838 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 7 261 Devánampiyo's injunction for the non-injury, and content of living creatures.
1855 Morning Post 20 Sept. 4/4 The advocates of non-injury to Russia.
1921 E. W. Burlingame in tr. Buddhist Legends I. Introd. 18 The Jains taught the Doctrine of Non-Injury; the doctrine, namely, that it is a wicked thing to injure man, animal, or plant.
2009 Jrnl. Ethics 13 369 Although patriotism is a basic virtue, it is not as high in the rough priority ordering of virtues as is justice or, say, non-injury.
B. adj.
Esp. of a road accident: not involving or resulting in injury.
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the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or not dangerous > safe or harmless
unshathyOE
unbalefulOE
unscathefulc1175
unscathelya1400
unscathing1437
unnoyingc1440
unshendingc1450
unnoyous1483
harmless1533
unharmful1538
unhurtful1549
dintless1558
white1567
offenceless1581
inoffensive1598
unhurting1613
illaesive1628
innocuous1631
unmalignant1633
innoxious1638
inobnoxious1659
unvenomous1659
innocent1662
unafflictinga1711
unmolesting1767
fangless1790
unharming1796
woundless1796
uninjurious1809
uninjuring1820
unmischievous1821
scarless1823
boltless1832
inoffending1853
defanged1920
non-injury1926
anodyne1933
declawed1945
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [adjective] > type of accident or collision
head-on1887
side-on1900
non-injury1972
1926 U.S. Daily 28 July 3/5 As for the occurrence of non-injury accidents that we do not happen to regard as near injuries, we are quite oblivious to them.
1972 Jrnl. Transport Econ. & Policy 6 317 Reported road accidents, both injury and non-injury, have been about 600.
1995 Daily Mail (Nexis) 1 June 65 Non-injury assaults on ticket inspectors, such as pushing and shoving, fell by 95 per cent.
2019 Dorset Echo (Nexis) 25 Feb. A police spokesman has confirmed it was a non-injury collision.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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n.adj.1773