nonadversarial
English
Etymology
From non- + adversarial.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nɒnˌæd.vəˈsɛəɹi.əl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /nɑnˌæd.vɚˈsɛɹi.əl/
- Rhymes: -ɛəɹiəl
Adjective
nonadversarial (not comparable)
- Not adversarial.
- 2007 January 19, Adam Liptak, “White House Shifting Tactics in Spy Cases”, in New York Times[1]:
- On Wednesday, the administration announced that an unnamed judge on the secret court, in a nonadversarial proceeding that apparently cannot be appealed, had issued orders that apparently both granted surveillance requests and set out some ground rules for how such requests would be handled.