English

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Etymology

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From non- +‎ arrival.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nonarrival (countable and uncountable, plural nonarrivals)

  1. Failure to arrive.
    • 1958, Richard F. Newcomb, Abandon ship!: Death of the U.S.S. Indianapolis:
      The nonarrival of a ship being a common thing, it is not a matter of making a decision of what to do in each case, but of following an over-all rule...

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