nonproprietary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Lacking proprietary value; not private or privileged information; not owned by anyone (not anyone's property, whether intellectual property or otherwise).
  2. Not protected by trademark, patent, or trade secret and thus open to commercial use without license; said of drugs (medications) and of various kinds of goods and materials.
noun
  1. A drug that is not proprietary.

Word forms

nonproprietary non-proprietary nonproprietaries

Etymology

From non- + proprietary.

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