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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Not confrontational; approaching a dispute indirectly..
Of course,[…] physicians and students need to be educated about how to give feedback in professional and nonconfrontational ways.
Just a few days before McNamara died, Politico uncovered a particularly graphic example involving The Post: an invitation to lobbyists to shell out $25,000 to $250,000 to sponsor off-the-record, nonconfrontational "salons" where they could mix with what a promotional flier called "the right people" and "alter the debate."
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Nonconfrontational means Not confrontational; approaching a dispute indirectly..
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Of course,[…] physicians and students need to be educated about how to give feedback in professional and nonconfrontational ways.
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