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id="pagetitle">non-commissioned</span> <span style="display: none;" id="syllabification" class="syllabification">(non-commis娄sioned)</span> </h1> <div class="cssBaseOne" id="entryPageContent"> <div class="pageDividerTop"><span><span></span></span></div> <div id="syllableControls"> <span>Syllabification:</span> <ul> <li class="first "><a class="turnon" onclick="return false;" href="#">On</a></li> <li class="last current"><a class="turnoff" onclick="return false;" href="#">Off</a></li> </ul> </div> <p class="entryFromDifferentVersion"> Entry from World dictionary </p> <div> <div class="pronunciation"><strong>Pronunciation:</strong><span>/n蓲nk蓹藞m瑟蕛(蓹)nd/</span></div><div class="senseGroup"><h3 class="partOfSpeech"><span class="partOfSpeech"> adjective </span></h3><span class="labelGroup"><span class="subjectLabel">Military</span></span><ul class="sense-entry"><li class="sense sense-type-core scrollerBlock" id="m_en_gb0561930.001"><div class="senseInnerWrapper"><span class="definition">(of 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