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nonhappening

nonhappening noun: failure to occur.

Noun

nonhappening (countable and uncountable, plural nonhappenings)

  1. failure to occur
  2. something that does not happen; a nonevent or anticlimax

Forms of nonhappening

pluralnonhappenings

Origin of nonhappening

From non- + happening.

Questions about nonhappening

What does nonhappening mean?
Nonhappening means failure to occur.
What part of speech is nonhappening?
Nonhappening is a noun.
What is the plural of nonhappening?
The plural of nonhappening is nonhappenings.

Words near nonhappening in the dictionary

  1. nonhalting
  2. nonhandicap
  3. nonhandicapped
  4. nonhanging
  5. nonhaploid
  6. nonhappening
  7. nonhappenings
  8. nonhappiness
  9. nonhappy
  10. nonhaptic
  11. nonharam

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