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Etymology

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From non- +‎ capital.

Adjective

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noncapital (not comparable)

  1. Not capital (in various senses).
    • 2007 January 4, Paul Von Zielbauer, “Soldier Reaches Plea Deal in the Killing of 3 Iraqis”, in New York Times[1]:
      The terms of the plea arrangement will allow the soldier, Specialist Juston R. Graber, originally charged with noncapital murder, to be convicted of aggravated assault and to receive a nine-month prison sentence in exchange for his testifying against three other members of his squad, the lawyers said.

Noun

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noncapital (plural noncapitals)

  1. A place that is not a capital.
    • 1996, Hill Gates, China's Motor: A Thousand Years of Petty Capitalism, page 69:
      We can separate central places into capitals and noncapitals, as Skinner does, but in doing so we will have separated neither economy nor administration.
  2. (typography) A letter that is not uppercase.

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