nonproprietary
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nonproprietary
adjective non-proprietary
- Lacking proprietary value; not private or privileged information; not owned by anyone (not anyone's property, whether intellectual property or otherwise).
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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.
Similar: generic
noun nonproprietaries · non-proprietary
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A drug that is not proprietary.
Similar: generic
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title = {nonproprietary},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nonproprietary},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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