nonencounter
nonencounter noun: failure to encounter something or somebody.
Noun
nonencounter (plural nonencounters)
- Failure to encounter something or somebody.
- Here, Cornish difference, particularly in the far west, is represented as originating in the insular, primitive and unworldly, and paradoxically reinforced through nonencounters with Islam.2013, Marion Gibson, Shelley Trower, Garry Tregidga, Mysticism, Myth and Celtic Identity, page 159
- Now came a series of nonencounters with his supposed boss. Nuruddin kept arranging meetings; Saladin kept making excuses not to be there: his father was sick, he himself was feeling under the weather—it was always something.2010, Tamim Ansary, Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
Forms of nonencounter
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Origin of nonencounter
From non- + encounter.
Questions about nonencounter
- What does nonencounter mean?
- Nonencounter means failure to encounter something or somebody.
- What part of speech is nonencounter?
- Nonencounter is a noun.
- What is the plural of nonencounter?
- The plural of nonencounter is nonencounters.
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