nonprescriptive

pre·scrip·tive

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Definitions of nonprescriptive word

adjective nonprescriptive that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions: a prescriptive letter from an anxious father. 1
adjective nonprescriptive depending on or arising from effective legal prescription, as a right or title established by a long unchallenged tenure. 1

before 1740

One of the 48% newest English words

1740-50; prescript + -ive, modeled on descriptive, etc.

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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