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nonappointment

nonappointment noun: failure to appoint or be appointed.

Noun

nonappointment (uncountable)

  1. Failure to appoint or be appointed.
    • the nonappointment of new trustees

Origin of nonappointment

From non- + appointment.

Questions about nonappointment

What does nonappointment mean?
Nonappointment means failure to appoint or be appointed.
What part of speech is nonappointment?
Nonappointment is a noun.

Words near nonappointment in the dictionary

  1. nonapplication
  2. nonapplications
  3. nonapplied
  4. nonapplying
  5. nonappointed
  6. nonappointment
  7. nonapportionable
  8. nonapposable
  9. nonappositional
  10. nonappraisal
  11. nonappreciable

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