nonaddictive

adjective

non·ad·dic·tive ˌnän-ə-ˈdik-təv

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: not causing or characterized by addiction : not addictive

nonaddictive drugs

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Purdue Pharma filed for bankruptcy in 2019 facing thousands of lawsuits alleging its marketing of OxyContin as a nonaddictive pain relief pill had triggered an opioid epidemic that led to more than a half-million deaths since the mid-1990s. —

David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024 Some ads falsely claimed the drug is nonaddictive, the review said. —

Darius Tahir, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2024 Naloxone is safe, nonaddictive and easy to administer in both nasal and injectable forms, Hill said. —

Claire Ballor, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2023 The nicotine-reduction policy under consideration would lower the chemical in cigarettes to nonaddictive or minimally addictive levels, aiming to push millions of smokers to either quit or switch to less harmful alternatives such as nicotine gums, lozenges or e-cigarettes. —

Jennifer Maloney, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2021 See all Example Sentences for nonaddictive