Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonhappening

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: non-hap-pen-ing
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

failure to occur

Countable; Uncountable

noun

something that does not happen; a nonevent or anticlimax

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From non- + happening.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: non

Usage

Inflected Forms

nonhappenings (plural)

Questions

What does nonhappening mean?: failure to occur
Where does nonhappening come from?: From non- + happening.

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