nonbinding.

Not legally or formally requiring anyone to follow it.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• nonbinding agreement
• nonbinding recommendation
• nonbinding vote

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The council's nonbinding vote signaled opposition without blocking the proposal.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Writing functions: qualification, governance, explanation. Commonness: moderately common. Hyphenated spelling recorded as an alias only.