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nonanswer

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

The lack of an answer.

noun

nonanswers (plural) non-answer (alternative)

What does nonanswer mean?: The lack of an answer.
Where does nonanswer come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-Indo-European *swer-der. Proto-Germanic *swarō Proto-Germanic *andaswarō Proto-West Germanic *andaswaru Old English andswaru Middle English answere English answer English nonanswer From non- + answer.

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