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non- • prefix 1. not doing; not involved with: nonaggression | nonrecognition.2. not of the kind or class described: nonbeliever | nonconformist. ∎  also forming nouns used attributively (such as nonunion in nonunion miners).3. not of the importance implied: nonissue.4. a lack of: nonsense.5. (added to adverbs) not in the way described: nonuniformly.6. (added to verbs to form adjectives) not causing or requiring: nonskid | noniron.7. expressing a neutral negative sense when a corresponding form beginning with in- or un- has a special connotation (such as nonhuman compared with inhuman).

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