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non-sequitur

non-sequitur verb: to commit a non sequitur; to make a statement that does not logically follow a previous statement. Also the alternative form of non sequitur.

Verb

non-sequitur (third-person singular simple present non-sequiturs, present participle non-sequituring, simple past and past participle non-sequitured)

  1. (ambitransitive, rare) To commit a non sequitur; to make a statement that does not logically follow a previous statement.
    • Schoeck had long been complaining of the rapidity of technical developments in the brave new world of postwar Europe (when driving past the new Zurich airport once with Alma Staub, he had non-sequitured in despair: “There's no wonder that all culture is going to the dogs when you can get in here...2009, Chris Walton, “Rather Nice Horn”, in Othmar Schoeck: Life and Works, Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, →ISBN, page 296

Also used as

non-sequitur is also the alternative form of non sequitur.

Forms of non-sequitur

Verb
third-person singular presentnon-sequiturs
present participlenon-sequituring
past participlenon-sequitured
pastnon-sequitured
Noun
pluralnon-sequiturs

Questions about non-sequitur

What does non-sequitur mean?
Non-sequitur means to commit a non sequitur; to make a statement that does not logically follow a previous statement.
What part of speech is non-sequitur?
Non-sequitur is a verb.
What is the past tense of non-sequitur?
The past tense of non-sequitur is non-sequitured.

Words near non-sequitur in the dictionary

  1. non-sentient
  2. non-separable
  3. non-sequential
  4. non-sequiteur
  5. non-sequitous
  6. non-sequitur
  7. non-sequitured
  8. non-sequiturial
  9. non-sequituring
  10. non-sequiturs
  11. non-serious

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