How to Use noncompetitive in a Sentence

noncompetitive

adjective
  • Fisher fields a noncompetitive team, which is not a sin among his fellow owners.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2023
  • There will be some noncompetitive awards (those are honors like lifetime achievement).
    — New York Times, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Too often Kilian threw noncompetitive pitches that were balls out of his hand.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2022
  • Here’s what to know The noncompetitive mayor’s race scuttles the chance for strong voter turnout.
    — Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The loss is the Twins’ fourth this season in as many games and second that became noncompetitive early.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2025
  • My 6-year-old daughter is a second-year dance student at a noncompetitive dance studio.
    — Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 25 Feb. 2023
  • That was a noncompetitive inning at the plate for the Razorbacks.
    — Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Palmer said using a noncompetitive selection process would allow the state to hire a vendor more quickly.
    — Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2022
  • There's been a close game and many not-close games, somewhat competitive games and very noncompetitive games, but every game has ended the same.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Not that there would be any incentive to do so—these events are emphatically noncompetitive.
    — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 8 June 2020
  • Even though votes are in, major news networks have only begun to declare some winners in races where the polls have closed, mostly for noncompetitive races.
    — Katy Stech Ferek, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2022
  • People in competitive games showed greater trust for fellow group members than those playing noncompetitive games.
    — Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2018
  • But through two games this season, the Bulls were noncompetitive and not aesthetically pleasing to watch.
    — Jamal Collier, chicagotribune.com, 27 Dec. 2020
  • Tyrese Maxey didn’t expect Game 1 of his team’s first-round playoff series to be that noncompetitive.
    — Zack Cox, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The noncompetitive paddle is open to swimmers and paddlers in all kinds of watercraft ranging from surfboards and stand-up paddleboards to kayaks.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2023
  • In contrast, the noncompetitive tax credits can fund only about half of that amount, leaving larger gaps for developers to fill through bonds or fundraising.
    — Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The general election for the seat is expected to be noncompetitive, given the state's partisan lean.
    — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Pat’s Place has since lost 66 percent of its noncompetitive funding, Oliver said.
    — Ryan Oehrli august 5, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Obviously gave up a base hit and then a noncompetitive at-bat to Ryan (McMahon) and then kind of just some weird stuff happened.
    — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 20 July 2024
  • Its hitting was stymied by a pitcher that the noncompetitive Los Angeles Angels gave away for nothing just a few weeks ago.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Additional prizes will include awards for noncompetitive teams with the best team name, best team costume, longest route finished in the 90 min time limit.
    — Arkansas Online, 25 Feb. 2021
  • The noncompetitive game was one of the Orioles’ most-attended at Camden Yards this season.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2023
  • The markets for the two different products are also noncompetitive, Cooper said.
    — Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The process resulted in making most of Texas’ districts noncompetitive election contests between the two parties.
    — Dallas News, 11 Jan. 2023
  • To outsiders, including noncompetitive massage practitioners, the whole thing can seem nuts.
    — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • On Friday, Thornton ran routes in the red zone and took passes from Mac Jones in competitive and noncompetitive drills.
    — Jayna Bardahl, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2022
  • His involvement underlines the larger-than-usual stakes of the three-candidate race, a contest that has often been a low-key, noncompetitive affair for a behind-the-scenes post.
    — Maya King, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Yes, but there is an annual award given for regional theater, as well as a set of noncompetitive awards each year, including a lifetime achievement award and an excellence in theater award.
    — Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2021
  • Activities include downriver races and noncompetitive events for canoes, kayaks and stand-up paddleboards.
    — Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Cook Political Report puts the race as noncompetitive with Kaine winning.
    — Alexa Mencia, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024

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