nonaddictive
adjective
non·ad·dic·tive ˌnän-ə-ˈdik-təv 
-a-
: not causing or characterized by addiction : not addictive
nonaddictive drugs
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Even so, health experts say any effort to decrease nicotine in cigarettes to nonaddictive levels would be a radical experiment, one that has never been implemented by any other country. 
New York Times, 2 Aug. 2022 The 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act gave the FDA the authority to regulate cigarettes, including cutting nicotine to minimally and nonaddictive levels. Laurie Mcginley, Anchorage Daily News, 21 June 2022 The Biden Administration is expected to announce a policy that would require tobacco companies to lower the amount of nicotine in cigarettes sold in the United States to minimally or nonaddictive levels, according to The Washington Post. Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2022 As with many other psychedelics, the compound can be synthesized in laboratories and is thought to be nonaddictive and low in toxicity; unlike with many other psychedelics, the trip is relatively short, typically lasting around thirty minutes. The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022 Your friend who lost both her brother and niece to addiction fueled by the false notion that OxyContin was virtually nonaddictive still struggles with misplaced guilt over their tragic deaths. Paul Pelletier, STAT, 20 Dec. 2021 Wonder what a nonaddictive social-media app would look like? Joanna Stern, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2021 Pharma execs and sales reps insisted that the painkiller was both nonaddictive and long-lasting. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2021 Arthur Sackler promoted Roche’s Valium and Librium as nonaddictive. Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2021 See More
New York Times, 2 Aug. 2022 The 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act gave the FDA the authority to regulate cigarettes, including cutting nicotine to minimally and nonaddictive levels. Laurie Mcginley, Anchorage Daily News, 21 June 2022 The Biden Administration is expected to announce a policy that would require tobacco companies to lower the amount of nicotine in cigarettes sold in the United States to minimally or nonaddictive levels, according to The Washington Post. Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2022 As with many other psychedelics, the compound can be synthesized in laboratories and is thought to be nonaddictive and low in toxicity; unlike with many other psychedelics, the trip is relatively short, typically lasting around thirty minutes. The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022 Your friend who lost both her brother and niece to addiction fueled by the false notion that OxyContin was virtually nonaddictive still struggles with misplaced guilt over their tragic deaths. Paul Pelletier, STAT, 20 Dec. 2021 Wonder what a nonaddictive social-media app would look like? Joanna Stern, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2021 Pharma execs and sales reps insisted that the painkiller was both nonaddictive and long-lasting. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2021 Arthur Sackler promoted Roche’s Valium and Librium as nonaddictive. Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1941, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
nonaddictive
adjective
non·ad·dic·tive -ə-ˈdik-tiv
: not causing addiction
nonaddictive painkillers
nonaddictive
adjective
as in soft
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- soft
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- addictive
- addicting
- narcotic
- habit-forming
- hard