nonstrategic
adjective
non·stra·te·gic ˌnän-strə-ˈtē-jik 
: not of, relating to, marked by, or concerned with strategy : not strategic
an unplanned, nonstrategic decision
nonstrategic forces/weapons
This isn't to say that tonight's post-debate spin circus won't serve a variety of nonstrategic aims. For starters, it's a necessary evil to keep the networks happy.
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Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The company also plans to bring additional nonstrategic and real estate assets to market, with a focus on repaying $150 million to $200 million of debt this year. Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2022 The other type of nuclear weapons are tactical, or nonstrategic, which the U.S. is more worried about today. Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2022 Russia leaned heavily on nuclear arms, including nonstrategic or tactical nuclear weapons, in its military thinking, largely because of the decay of the Russian armed forces following the Soviet Union’s collapse. Thomas Grove, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2022 ViacomCBS agreed to sell its Simon & Schuster book publishing business to German media giant Bertelsmann for $2.18 billion, part of the broadcaster’s plan to exit nonstrategic businesses. Natalia Drozdiak, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2020 The company also launched a review of its operations with an eye to sell off nonstrategic business units and grow its refrigerants and cyanides businesses. Tatyana Shumsky, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2017 Tactical nuclear weapons, sometimes called nonstrategic nukes, are designed to strike military targets such as bunkers and tunnels but are still considered immensely powerful in their own right and a potential gateway to larger nuclear attacks. Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2017 Mr. Saracho set about selling nonstrategic assets and began looking for new ways to raise financing, before announcing in April that his bank might instead seek a merger. Chad Bray And Jack Ewing, New York Times, 7 June 2017 See More
Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2022 The other type of nuclear weapons are tactical, or nonstrategic, which the U.S. is more worried about today. Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2022 Russia leaned heavily on nuclear arms, including nonstrategic or tactical nuclear weapons, in its military thinking, largely because of the decay of the Russian armed forces following the Soviet Union’s collapse. Thomas Grove, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2022 ViacomCBS agreed to sell its Simon & Schuster book publishing business to German media giant Bertelsmann for $2.18 billion, part of the broadcaster’s plan to exit nonstrategic businesses. Natalia Drozdiak, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2020 The company also launched a review of its operations with an eye to sell off nonstrategic business units and grow its refrigerants and cyanides businesses. Tatyana Shumsky, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2017 Tactical nuclear weapons, sometimes called nonstrategic nukes, are designed to strike military targets such as bunkers and tunnels but are still considered immensely powerful in their own right and a potential gateway to larger nuclear attacks. Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2017 Mr. Saracho set about selling nonstrategic assets and began looking for new ways to raise financing, before announcing in April that his bank might instead seek a merger. Chad Bray And Jack Ewing, New York Times, 7 June 2017 See More Word History
First Known Use
1864, in the meaning defined above