Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonfactor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables: non-fac-tor
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something (or someone) that is not a factor, or does not play a significant role.

Example Sentences

"Arizona's bench continued to be a nonfactor in many games this season."
"[Bill] Clinton’s presidential ascension began at the 1992 Iowa caucuses, where he was a nonfactor who received 2.81 percent of the vote."

Etymology

Etymology tree English non- Latin factorbor. Middle French facteurbor. Latin factorbor. Anglo-Norman factourbor. Middle English factour English factor English nonfactor From non- + factor.

Inflected Forms

nonfactors (plural) non-factor (alternative)

Questions

What does nonfactor mean?: Something (or someone) that is not a factor, or does not play a significant role.
Where does nonfactor come from?: Etymology tree English non- Latin factorbor. Middle French facteurbor. Latin factorbor. Anglo-Norman factourbor. Middle English factour English factor English nonfactor From non- + factor.

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