Meanings
nounnonarrival (countable and uncountable, plural nonarrivals)
plural nonarrivals · alternative non-arrival
- countableuncountableFailure to arrive.
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...
1958, Richard F. Newcomb, Abandon ship!: Death of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
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Rhymes with nonarrival
arrivalsurvivalrivalrevivalgingivalconjunctivaladjectivalarchrivalnivalperspectivalsubgingivalinfinitivalablativalaccusativalbuccogingivalcorneoconjunctivalcorrivaldativaldeprivalderivaldiminutivaldistogingivalestivalgenitival
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nonarrival. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonarrival
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“nonarrival.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonarrival. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
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