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nonfactor

nonfactor noun: something (or someone) that is not a factor, or does not play a significant role.

Noun

nonfactor (plural nonfactors)

  1. Something (or someone) that is not a factor, or does not play a significant role.
    • Arizona's bench continued to be a nonfactor in many games this season.2008 December 22, Steve Rivera, “Wildcats need bench to become a factor”, in Tucson Citizen
    • [Bill] Clinton’s presidential ascension began at the 1992 Iowa caucuses, where he was a nonfactor who received 2.81 percent of the vote.2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN

Forms of nonfactor

pluralnonfactors
alternative formnon-factor

Origin of nonfactor

From non- + factor.

Questions about nonfactor

What does nonfactor mean?
Nonfactor means something (or someone) that is not a factor, or does not play a significant role.
What part of speech is nonfactor?
Nonfactor is a noun.
What is the plural of nonfactor?
The plural of nonfactor is nonfactors.

Words near nonfactor in the dictionary

  1. nonfacsimile
  2. nonfact
  3. nonfacticity
  4. nonfactious
  5. nonfactive
  6. nonfactor
  7. nonfactorial
  8. nonfactorizable
  9. nonfactors
  10. nonfactory
  11. nonfacts

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