Meaning & use
non-integrated
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Meanings
adjectivebefore a noun
Not combined into one whole system, group, or unit; kept separate.
Grammar: Usually comes before a noun: a non-integrated system. It is not common after a verb.
Patterns
- non-integrated system
- non-integrated approach
- remain non-integrated
The company runs two non-integrated accounting systems, so staff must enter the same data twice.
Their transport network is still non-integrated, with separate tickets for buses and trains.
A non-integrated approach to planning often leads to wasted time and money.
adjectivebefore a nounspecialist
Not accepted as a full and equal part of a group or society.
Grammar: Used mainly before a noun, especially in social or political writing: a non-integrated community.
Patterns
- non-integrated community
- non-integrated minority
- remain non-integrated
Some newcomers remain non-integrated for years because they cannot find work.
The report described a non-integrated neighborhood where different groups rarely meet.
Policies that ignore language training can leave migrants non-integrated.
Common combinations
- non-integrated system
- The old non-integrated system cannot share data with the new one.
- non-integrated approach
- A non-integrated approach means each department solves the same problem alone.
- remain non-integrated
- Without common standards, the services will remain non-integrated.
- non-integrated network
- The non-integrated network makes it hard to track a package from start to finish.
Synonyms and how they differ
- separate
- More general and neutral; use it when things are simply apart, not when you mean they should work together as one system.
- disconnected
- Suggests a break or lack of contact; non-integrated focuses more on not being combined into one unit.
- standalone
- Often used for a single product or computer program that works by itself; non-integrated is wider and can describe whole systems or groups.
Opposites
Word family
- integrate verb
- To combine things so they work together as one.
- integration noun
- The process of combining parts into one whole.
- integrated adjective
- Combined into one effective system or group.
Commonly confused: non-integrated or disintegrated? non-integrated or non-integrating?
non-integrated vs disintegrated
Disintegrated means broken into pieces or fallen apart, often physically. Non-integrated means never combined in the first place.
non-integrated vs non-integrating
Non-integrating describes something that does not cause integration, while non-integrated describes something that has not been integrated.
Practice
The two departments use completely separate records, so managers describe the system as ______.
Choose one answer.
Non-integrated fits because the records are separate and not combined into one system. Disintegrated would mean the system has broken apart, integrated would mean the opposite, and integral means necessary, not separate.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “non-integrated”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.