non-native
nounEtymology From non- + native.
1
A person who is not native.
non-native
adjUK /nɒnˈneɪtɪv/
Etymology From non- + native.
1
Not native; not indigenous to a particular area; foreign; invasive.
- Use purple three-awn grass to replace the overused, invasive non-native weedy Mexican feather grass (Nassella tenuissima).2016, Greg Rubin, Lucy Warren, The Drought-Defying California Garden, Portland: Timber Press, published 2021, →ISBN, page 135:
- The economy is at full employment and the state is flush with tax revenue but their social media feeds depict a country overrun with “non-native” predators such as Jozef Puska, a Slovak man convicted earlier this month of murdering a teacher, Ashling Murphy, in 2022.2023 November 24, Rory Carroll, “‘Government is not listening’: anger over immigration spills into riot on Dublin’s streets”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- Derived terms
- non-native speaker, non-native species