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non-sequiturs

non-sequiturs is the plural of non-sequitur.

non-sequiturs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of non-sequitur.

Meaning 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

Questions about non-sequiturs

What is non-sequiturs the plural of?
Non-sequiturs is the plural of non-sequitur.

Words near non-sequiturs in the dictionary

  1. non-sequitous
  2. non-sequitur
  3. non-sequitured
  4. non-sequiturial
  5. non-sequituring
  6. non-sequiturs
  7. non-serious
  8. non-severe
  9. non-sexual
  10. non-sexuality
  11. non-sexually

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Adapted from Wiktionary: non-sequiturs (page history and authors); non-sequitur (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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