NONDERIVATIVE Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

nonderivative

adjective

Definition of nonderivative

as in fundamental

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Adjective

All this is at stake when fundamental science budgets are being drastically cut.

— Mattanjah de Vries, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Finally, there’s a fundamental misconception that estate planning is an expensive process that’s necessary only for older and wealthier people.

— Christina Wing, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of fundamental

Adjective

There’s no such thing as a basic room here; even the smallest ones, at 240 to 260 square feet, look out over the bluffs to whitecaps winking in the sun.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026
For the new fiscal year, the NSF’s budget is proposed to be cut in half, along with large budget cuts in most areas of basic science, including medical science at the National Institutes of Health.

— Mattanjah de Vries, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of basic

Adjective

Don’t miss the 153-year-old Point Arena Lighthouse, where a climb up the 115-foot tower yields birds-eye views and the Signal Museum houses the original Fresnel lens.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026
Not every case deserves that kind of last-minute intervention, but in Duckett’s case nearly every shred of evidence presented at his original trial has been disproven or debunked.

— Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

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nondenominational

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