Meanings
nounnonfactor (plural nonfactors)
plural nonfactors · alternative non-factor
- Something (or someone) that is not a factor, or does not play a significant role.
Arizona's bench continued to be a nonfactor in many games this season.
2008 December 22, Steve Rivera, “Wildcats need bench to become a factor”, in Tucson Citizen1 more example
[Bill] Clinton’s presidential ascension began at the 1992 Iowa caucuses, where he was a nonfactor who received 2.81 percent of the vote.
2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN
Origin
- Englishnon-
- Latinfactor
- Middle Frenchfacteur
- Latinfactor
- Anglo-Normanfactour
- Middle Englishfactour
- Englishfactor
- Englishnonfactor
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APA
nonfactor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfactor
MLA
“nonfactor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfactor. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonfactor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfactor.
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