nonproprietary
Meanings
adj
- Lacking proprietary value; not private or privileged information; not owned by anyone (not anyone's property, whether intellectual property or otherwise).
- 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
- A drug that is not proprietary.
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Etymology
From non- + proprietary.
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