nontender

verb, adj — 2 senses

nontender

verb

Etymology From non- + tender.

1

Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports To fail to tender a contract to (a player).

  • In Los Angeles, where Turner signed after being nontendered by the Mets in December 2013, he has evolved past a cliché.2015 October 13, Seth Berkman, “Former Met Justin Turner Provides Offensive Lift for Dodgers”, in New York Times:

nontender

adj

Etymology From non- + tender.

1

Medicine, Sciences Not tender; said of body parts or lesions that do not trigger discomfort upon palpation

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