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non·com·pet·i·tive Listen to audio/ˌnɑ:nkəmˈpɛtətɪv/ adjective
chiefly US 1 a : not very interested in winning or being more successful than other people
He's a pretty noncompetitive guy, especially compared to his brothers.
b : not involved in official competitions, contests, etc.
Once a week, he plays hockey in a noncompetitive league.
2 : not good enough to compete with others
The school was unable to hire good teachers because it was paying noncompetitive wages/salaries.
3 : not having or allowing competition
The report describes dozens of noncompetitive contracts [=contracts that were unfairly given to a company without seeing if another company would do the job for less money] that the state has illegally given out in the past five years.
— non·com·pet·i·tive·ly adverb
— non·com·pet·i·tive·ness noun [noncount]

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