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nonarrival

nonarrival noun: failure to arrive.

Noun

nonarrival (countable and uncountable, plural nonarrivals)

  1. Failure to arrive.
    • The nonarrival of a ship being a common thing, it is not a matter of making a decision of what to do in each case, but of following an over-all rule...1958, Richard F. Newcomb, Abandon ship!: Death of the U.S.S. Indianapolis

Forms of nonarrival

pluralnonarrivals
alternative formnon-arrival

Origin of nonarrival

From non- + arrival.

Words that rhyme with nonarrival

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Questions about nonarrival

What does nonarrival mean?
Nonarrival means failure to arrive.
What part of speech is nonarrival?
Nonarrival is a noun.
What is the plural of nonarrival?
The plural of nonarrival is nonarrivals.

Words near nonarrival in the dictionary

  1. nonarrest
  2. nonarrested
  3. nonarrests
  4. nonarrhythmic
  5. nonarrhythmogenic
  6. nonarrival
  7. nonarrivals
  8. nonarrogation
  9. nonarsenical
  10. nonart
  11. nonarterial

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