NONSEQUENTIAL Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

nonsequential

adjective

Definition of nonsequential

as in nonconsecutive

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Recent Examples of nonsequential Logan has turned over texts in haphazard, nonsequential batches and in different formats, so threads were broken and not easily searchable. — Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2023 How to play darts The board Darts are played on a circular board split into 20 sections, with each section numbered one through 20 in nonsequential order. — USA TODAY, 8 June 2023 The cinematic version—a bag of nonsequential bills dropped off in a public park or handed to a passing courier—is too risky. — Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 2 June 2021 As the days, weeks, and months of isolation and uncertainty dragged on, Shaughn and John worked on pages in nonsequential order to break down the passage of time that seemed to be never-ending. — Alex Scimecca, Fortune, 10 Mar. 2021

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nonconsecutive

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Lula, 80, is running for his fourth nonconsecutive term and says this will be his last election.

— Carrie Kahn, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026
One of Lula’s first moves after taking office in January 2023 for a third, nonconsecutive term was to revive the Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon, known in Portuguese as PPCDAm.

— Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

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non sequitur

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