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adj. - (of peoples and states) Controlled by outside powers.

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Usage examples (4)
  • Their faulty analysis comes as a result of the deficit critics 'failure to distinguish between the monetary arrangements of sovereign and nonsovereign nations.
  • A regulator representing the entire EU will be reluctant to grant access to their market when the company in question is overseen by a nonsovereign state regulator.
  • However, the Palestinian territories remained just that - nonsovereign territories.
  • But analysts said he was more likely to be talking about restructuring nonsovereign debt.
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