non-option

noun

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

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Meanings

nounnon-option (plural non-options)

plural non-options

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

    When you accept one, leave sex as a non-option for now

    2015, “I’m frightened by sexual intimacy”, in The Guardian
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    This is something of a non-option for SHU prisoners who have no valuable information to offer the authorities in exchange for their release.

    2013, “California prison hunger strike is call for justice”, in The Guardian

    Unfortunately, because he is on death row, that option became a non-option.

    2015, “An inmate on death row killed my mother. I don’t want him to die”, in The Guardian

Origin

From non- + option.

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Cite this entry
APA

non-option. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-option

MLA

“non-option.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-option. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “non-option,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-option.

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