nonexample

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noun

Something that is not an example.

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Meanings

nounnonexample (plural nonexamples)

plural nonexamples

  1. Something that is not an example.

    The next step is having the students offer their own examples and nonexamples and also list them in the proper columns. At this time, the students should be able to explain or justify why their offerings are examples or not.

    2011, Marie Menna Pagliaro, Differentiating Instruction: Matching Strategies with Objectives, page 22
    1 more example

    Definition: An event is a kind of information in discourse that actually occurs, is overt, and occurs at the now point on the time line. … Nonexamples: Negatives (Nothing is described as having occurred.), Questions (Nothing is described as having occurred.), …

    SIL, What is an event?, 2004

Origin

From non- + example.

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Translations

Hungarian nempélda
  • nempéldaTranslations
Japanese 非該当例
  • 非該当例 (higaitōrei)Translations
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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