adjective.
Of a geographic area, not designated for use by manufacturers and other industries; residential or commercial.
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adjective.
not having highly developed manufacturing enterprises
Word Usage
"Mike Kane for The Wall Street Journa Seattle has become a hotbed for cleaning up abandoned industrial sites and redeveloping them for nonindustrial uses such as office buildings and shopping centers."