non-metropolitan
adjective [ before noun ]
mainly US (also nonmetropolitan) uk
/ˌnɒn.met.rəˈpɒl.ɪ.tən/ us
/ˌnɑːn.met.rəˈpɑː.lə.tən/- The legislators spoke in favor of increasing the allocation of funds headed to non-metropolitan school districts.
- Many of the students in our new class come from nonmetropolitan areas.
- The county hospital is one of the largest non-metropolitan employers in the state.
- Over the past decade, over half of all new prisons have opened in nonmetropolitan locations.