nonfamily

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adjective

Not a member of the family

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Meanings

adjectivenonfamily (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot a member of the family

    In a letter to nonfamily Times directors last month, Mr. Elmasry wrote: […]

    2007 February 3, Katharine Q. Seelye, “Assets Shifted by Family That Controls Times Co.”, in New York Times
nounnonfamily (plural nonfamilies)

plural nonfamilies

  1. A social grouping that is not a family.

Origin

From non- + family.

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Cite this entry
APA

nonfamily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfamily

MLA

“nonfamily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfamily. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonfamily,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfamily.

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