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non-paper

non-paper noun: a discussion paper which is not to form part of formal business, especially in the UN.

Noun

non-paper (plural non-papers)

  1. A discussion paper which is not to form part of formal business, especially in the UN.
    • The difficulty in reaching a unanimously acceptable decision is reflected in particular by a document submitted by the Japanese delegation to the same Working Group (Japanese non-paper),2001, Phil Williams, Dimitri Vlassis, Combating Transnational Crime, Routledge, →ISBN, page 262
    • Here I was up to my armpits in bodies, and the DPKO was reduced to presenting a non-paper in order to garner possible support for a mandate debate.2005, Roméo Dallaire, Brent Beardsley, Shake hands with the devil: the failure of humanity in Rwanda, Da Capo Press, →ISBN, page 359

Adjective

non-paper (not comparable)

  1. Not made of paper
  2. Used of information that is stored electronically

Antonyms of non-paper

Forms of non-paper

pluralnon-papers

Questions about non-paper

What does non-paper mean?
Non-paper means a discussion paper which is not to form part of formal business, especially in the UN.
What part of speech is non-paper?
Non-paper can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of non-paper?
The plural of non-paper is non-papers.

Words near non-paper in the dictionary

  1. non-overlapping magisteria
  2. non-packable
  3. non-painful
  4. non-Pali
  5. non-Pama-Nyungan
  6. non-paper
  7. non-papers
  8. non-parametric
  9. non-pareil
  10. non-pareils
  11. non-parliamentary

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