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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
non-aligned
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
country
▪ The Soviet leadership could anticipate diplomatic dividends from these initiatives among the non-aligned countries.
state
▪ Moscow wished to cultivate this strand of the policy of the non-aligned states to strengthen their political dispute with the Western powers.
▪ In both cases they were related to earlier initiatives by the non-aligned states.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He is upset with the prime minister for not trying harder to create a non-aligned peace formula to end the Gulf war.
▪ In both cases they were related to earlier initiatives by the non-aligned states.
▪ In the collision of plane electromagnetic waves with non-aligned polarization, it must therefore be concluded that the dynamics remains unaltered.
▪ Its pores are non-aligned so it is windproof, it will breath and transmit sweat.
▪ Using this method, they have obtained a two-parameter class of colliding wave solutions with non-aligned polarization.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
non-aligned

also nonaligned, 1960 in geopolitical sense, from non- + past participle of align. Non-alignment (also nonalignment) in this sense is attested from 1934.

Wiktionary
non-aligned

a. (alternative spelling of nonaligned English)

Usage examples of "non-aligned".

You sell very dangerous technology within the Federation to both Federation members and non-aligned worlds.

A faction had to retain some advantages, with a non-aligned faction in power.

Fisikous had been on the cutting edge of Soviet aircraft design, attracting the brightest engineers from all over the Soviet Union and the non-aligned nations.