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non-response

non-response is the alternative form of nonresponse.

Meaning of nonresponse

Noun

nonresponse (countable and uncountable, plural nonresponses)

  1. The absence of a response.
    • Again, nonresistance is not nonresponse but a psychological nondefiance to the present moment, regardless of any given response.2022, Kevin Scott, The Mystery of Self

Forms of non-response

pluralnon-responses

Questions about non-response

What is non-response the alternative form of?
Non-response is the alternative form of nonresponse.

Words near non-response in the dictionary

  1. non-residents
  2. non-resistance
  3. non-resistant
  4. non-responder
  5. non-responders
  6. non-response
  7. non-responses
  8. non-responsive
  9. non-restrictive
  10. non-restrictive relative clause
  11. non-restrictive relative clauses

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