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non-arrival

non-arrival is the alternative form of nonarrival.

Meaning of nonarrival

Noun

nonarrival (countable and uncountable, plural nonarrivals)

  1. Failure to arrive.
    • The nonarrival of a ship being a common thing, it is not a matter of making a decision of what to do in each case, but of following an over-all rule...1958, Richard F. Newcomb, Abandon ship!: Death of the U.S.S. Indianapolis

Forms of non-arrival

pluralnon-arrivals

Origin of non-arrival

From non- + arrival.

Words that rhyme with non-arrival

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Questions about non-arrival

What is non-arrival the alternative form of?
Non-arrival is the alternative form of nonarrival.

Words near non-arrival in the dictionary

  1. non-Archimedean time
  2. non-Archimedean times
  3. non-argument
  4. non-Aristotelian
  5. non-aromatic
  6. non-arrival
  7. non-arrivals
  8. non-articulated
  9. non-associative
  10. non-associative algebra
  11. non-assumption

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