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non-public

non-public is the alternative spelling of nonpublic.

Meaning of nonpublic

Adjective

nonpublic (not comparable)

  1. Not open to the public; not available to or shared by the public; private.
    • “The Secretary’s transmission of nonpublic operational information over Signal to an uncleared journalist and others 2 to 4 hours before planned strikes using his personal cell phone exposed sensitive DoD information,” the Inspector General report says.2025 December 4, Zachary Cohen, “Unclassified report on Hegseth’s use of Signal details risk to troops, lack of cooperation with investigation”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2025

Questions about non-public

What is non-public the alternative spelling of?
Non-public is the alternative spelling of nonpublic.

Words near non-public in the dictionary

  1. non-pros
  2. non-prossed
  3. non-prosses
  4. non-prossing
  5. non-protected
  6. non-public
  7. non-qualified
  8. non-quality
  9. non-quality requirement
  10. non-quality requirements
  11. non-quantified

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Adapted from Wiktionary: non-public (page history and authors); nonpublic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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