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non-option

non-option noun: something which is not an acceptable or possible outcome or choice.

Noun

non-option (plural non-options)

  1. Something which is not an acceptable or possible outcome or choice.
    • This is something of a non-option for SHU prisoners who have no valuable information to offer the authorities in exchange for their release.2013, “California prison hunger strike is call for justice”, in The Guardian
    • Unfortunately, because he is on death row, that option became a non-option.2015, “An inmate on death row killed my mother. I don’t want him to die”, in The Guardian

Forms of non-option

pluralnon-options

Origin of non-option

From non- + option.

Questions about non-option

What does non-option mean?
Non-option means something which is not an acceptable or possible outcome or choice.
What part of speech is non-option?
Non-option is a noun.
What is the plural of non-option?
The plural of non-option is non-options.

Words near non-option in the dictionary

  1. non-opening
  2. non-operating
  3. non-operational
  4. non-ops
  5. non-optical
  6. non-option
  7. non-optional
  8. non-options
  9. non-ordered
  10. non-organic
  11. non-orthogonal

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