noneducational

Lacking teaching purpose

Noneducational describes something that lacks educational purpose or content.

A noneducational television program entertains without teaching, and noneducational expenses are those unrelated to schooling or training.

The term often appears in institutional contexts to distinguish between activities, materials, or expenditures that serve learning goals and those that don't: The grant cannot be used for noneducational purposes.

leisure

recreation

Refreshment through leisure

diversion · downtime · play · amusement · vacation · holiday · retreat · respite · enjoyment · pleasure

entertainment

movies

Feature-length filmed entertainment

novels · comics · sitcoms · dramas · soap-operas · blockbusters · thrillers · concerts · festivals · nightlife

antonym

academic

Relating to education or theory

pedagogical · curricular · tutorial · classroom · scholarly · intellectual · informative · enlightening · cognitive · theoretical

Opposites
educational purpose or value

noneducationaleducational

Promoting knowledge or skill

instructional · academic · didactic · pedagogical · scholastic

Family

education, educate, educated, educator, educational, educative, reeducation, reeducate, miseducated

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