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non-option

noun

Etymology

From non- + option.

  1. derived from optiō — “choice; option; act of choosing”
  2. derived from option
  3. formed as non-option — “non- + option”

Definitions

  1. Something which is not an acceptable or possible outcome or choice.

    • This is something of a non-option for SHU prisoners who have no valuable information to offer the authorities in exchange for their release.
    • Unfortunately, because he is on death row, that option became a non-option.
    • When you accept one, leave sex as a non-option for now

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for non-option. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA