nonresidential

adjective

non·​res·​i·​den·​tial ˌnän-ˌre-zə-ˈden(t)-shəl 

-ˌrez-ˈden(t)-

: not residential: such as

a

: not used as a residence or by residents

nonresidential buildings

b

: not restricted to or occupied by residences

a nonresidential neighborhood

c

: not provided to patients residing in a facility

a nonresidential treatment program

Examples of nonresidential in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Currently, residential rates are at $1.64 and nonresidential rates are at $3.80. —Naina Srivastava, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025

Senate Bill 131 also creates new exemptions from CEQA requirements, streamlining approvals for housing construction, including for nonresidential projects such as child care centers, health clinics, advanced manufacturing facilities and more. —Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025

The trends here have been consistent: fewer residential burglaries and more nonresidential burglaries—an increase of 12% between 2019 and 2024, according to the Council on Criminal Justice. —Freddy Kuo, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025

Overall, both residential and nonresidential construction input prices were 0.8 percent higher than a year earlier. —Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nonresidential

• equipotential
• experiential
• geopotential
• jurisprudential
• overpotential
• confidential
• differential
• inessential
• inferential
• pestilential
• quintessential
• unessential