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non-
- : used to give a negative or privative force, esp. to nouns, adjectives, and adverbs
- not
- the opposite of: nonessential
- excluded (from a specified category): nonvoter, nonfiction
- refusal or failure: noncooperation
- having the superficial aspect, but not the real value, of: used to give a pejorative force, esp. to nouns: nonbook, nonevent
- having the value, but not the surface aspect or identity, of: used to indicate potential, but unacknowledged or unrecognized, qualities: noncandidate, noncampaign
See non- in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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