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nonencounter

noun

Etymology

From non- + encounter.

  1. derived from in — “in”
  2. derived from incontrā — “in front of”
  3. derived from encontrer — “to confront”
  4. derived from encountrer
  5. inherited from encountren
  6. prefixed as nonencounter — “non + encounter”

Definitions

  1. Failure to encounter something or somebody.

    • Here, Cornish difference, particularly in the far west, is represented as originating in the insular, primitive and unworldly, and paradoxically reinforced through nonencounters with Islam.
    • Now came a series of nonencounters with his supposed boss. Nuruddin kept arranging meetings; Saladin kept making excuses not to be there: his father was sick, he himself was feeling under the weather—it was always something.

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