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not native

ADJECTIVE

foreign

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alien different external offshore overseas unfamiliar

STRONG

strange

WEAK

barbarian borrowed distant exotic expatriate extralocal extraneous extrinsic far-off faraway from abroad immigrant imported nonnative nonresident not domestic outlandish outside transoceanic unaccustomed unknown

Antonyms

STRONGEST

indigenous

WEAK

characteristic domestic familiar known local national native

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Vets David Buckland and Graham Charlesworth argue that the sheep are not native to St Kilda and have undergone thousands of years of domestication, so should treated the same way as sheep on farms are.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

Peacocks are not native to the peninsula or Southern California but were introduced to the area, by one account, more than a century ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2025

Interestingly, alien species -- meaning those not native to the study region -- represented only ten percent of the natural regeneration in the restored areas.

From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024

Mule deer are not native to Catalina; they were introduced nearly a century ago for sport hunting.

From New York Times • May 31, 2024

“She stands out. A snowy owl that keeps returning to wherever he’s hiding ... I mean, they’re not native birds, are they?”

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

not native

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