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nonfamily

nonfamily adjective: not a member of the family.

Adjective

nonfamily (not comparable)

  1. Not a member of the family
    • In a letter to nonfamily Times directors last month, Mr. Elmasry wrote: […]2007 February 3, Katharine Q. Seelye, “Assets Shifted by Family That Controls Times Co.”, in New York Times

Noun

nonfamily (plural nonfamilies)

  1. A social grouping that is not a family.

Forms of nonfamily

pluralnonfamilies

Origin of nonfamily

From non- + family.

Questions about nonfamily

What does nonfamily mean?
Nonfamily means not a member of the family.
What part of speech is nonfamily?
Nonfamily can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonfamily in the dictionary

  1. nonfalsified
  2. nonfamilial
  3. nonfamiliar
  4. nonfamiliarity
  5. nonfamilies
  6. nonfamily
  7. nonfamous
  8. nonfamousness
  9. nonfan
  10. nonfanatic
  11. nonfanatical

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