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non-growing adjective (alsonongrowing)uk /ˌnɒnˈɡrəʊ.ɪŋ/ us /ˌnɑːnˈɡroʊ.ɪŋ/ not increasing in size or quantity: This type of tumour is a slow growing, sometimes non-growing, one. The population has been non-growing for some time and has now started to decline. Non-growing cells can also be affected by the treatment, with some serious side effects. There was an unexpectedly high number of non-growing tubers in this year's potato crop. Even if we currently have a nongrowing economy, that doesn't mean that the prospects for future growth aren't good. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Keeping and staying the same anti-progressive calcification calcify consistency consistent continuum invariant inveteracy kept leave well aloneidiom left stabilization stabilize stably stay steadfast unreformed wallow wallow in something wouldn't have it any other wayidiom |