nontherapeutic
adjective
non·ther·a·peu·tic
ˌnän-ˌther-ə-ˈpyü-tik 
: not relating to, being, or providing therapy : not therapeutic
… social pressures that encourage the nontherapeutic use of drugs in sports …—
Andrew A. Skolnick
Andrew A. Skolnicktaking diet pills for nontherapeutic reasons
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For now, Marks thinks Oregon’s nontherapeutic route was the right one.
—WIRED, 15 June 2023
As part of this effort, researchers at Columbia University conducted a counterfactual exercise to answer an important question: What would have happened if nontherapeutic interventions in the United States had started before March 15?
—Ben Santer, Scientific American, 10 July 2020
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WIRED, 15 June 2023
As part of this effort, researchers at Columbia University conducted a counterfactual exercise to answer an important question: What would have happened if nontherapeutic interventions in the United States had started before March 15?
—Ben Santer, Scientific American, 10 July 2020
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nontherapeutic
adjective
non·ther·a·peu·tic
-ˌther-ə-ˈp(y)üt-ik
: not relating to or being therapy
nontherapeutic procedures
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