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non-coming

non-coming noun: a lack or absence of coming; failure to come.

Noun

non-coming (countable and uncountable, plural non-comings)

  1. A lack or absence of coming; failure to come
    • […] and inasmuch as the husband does not now come, which non-coming shall be adjudged a default, we pray that they be distrained to attorn.1889, Alfred John Horwood, Luke Owen Pike, Year Books of the Reign of King Edward the Third - Issue 5, page 28
    • This poem is about non-coming and non-going.2013, Thich Nhat Hanh, Call Me by My True Names, page 87

Forms of non-coming

pluralnon-comings
alternative formnoncoming

Origin of non-coming

From Middle English non comyng, noun comyng, equivalent to non (“no”, adjective) + coming.

Questions about non-coming

What does non-coming mean?
Non-coming means a lack or absence of coming; failure to come.
What part of speech is non-coming?
Non-coming is a noun.
What is the plural of non-coming?
The plural of non-coming is non-comings.

Words near non-coming in the dictionary

  1. non-com
  2. non-combatant
  3. non-combatants
  4. non-combustibility
  5. non-combustible
  6. non-coming
  7. non-comings
  8. non-commercial
  9. non-commissioned
  10. non-commissioned member
  11. non-commissioned members

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