Meaning of nonakin | Babel Free

Definitions

Not akin; dissimilar.

Examples

“[…] nonakin breeding stock⟳ should be substituted for the home stock⟳.”

“Parenthetically, it may also be pointed out that linguistic competence in a foreign culture goes hand in hand with another essential— a spirit of adventure, of near-romantic interest⟳ unknown or nonakin cultural styles and ways of life.”

“If one admits the possibility of two akin or one nonakin substitution of nucleotides (see⟳ above) in each pair of key words (of which one corresponds to the "-10" box and the other to the "-35" box), then, […]”

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