Meanings
plural nonresponders · alternative non-responder
- A person who does not respond.
The court sent "requests to show cause" to all questionnaire non-responders.
- medicineA person who does not show an immune response to a virus after being vaccinated against it; someone who does not react normally to a drug.
A vaccine non-responder is a person who does not develop protective surface antibodies after completing two full series of injections.
1 more example
We now know that about one in 10 people on the drugs are what scientists call “non-responders” who lose less than 5 percent of their body weight.
2026 June 8, Dani Blum, “GLP-1 Drugs: 6 Things We’ve Learned About Their Effects”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Englishrespond
- Englishresponder
- Englishnonresponder
Cite this entry
nonresponder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonresponder
“nonresponder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonresponder. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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