nonheavy
adjEtymology From non- + heavy.
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Not heavy.
- nonheavy metals
- Thus, the positive output effect of Taiwan's proposed goods liberalization on the nonheavy manufacturing sector stems from the shift in relative industrial protection toward the nonheavy manufacturing sector.2007, Takatoshi Ito, Anne O. Krueger, Trade in Services in the Asia-Pacific Region:
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- Specifically, store personnel displayed microinequities—they smiled less, they spoke fewer words, and they were more rude and less friendly with heavy (versus nonheavy) individuals.2013, C. Nathan DeWall, The Oxford Handbook of Social Exclusion, page 58:
- Among the nonheavy drinkers also, those who were depressed had a more difficult time stopping drinking once they had begun.2014, Arthur Alterman, Substance Abuse and Psychopathology, page 24: