nonresponse

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noun

The absence of a response.

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

nounnonresponse (countable and uncountable, plural nonresponses)

plural nonresponses · alternative non-response

  1. countableuncountableThe absence of a response.

    Again, nonresistance is not nonresponse but a psychological nondefiance to the present moment, regardless of any given response.

    2022, Kevin Scott, The Mystery of Self

Origin

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APA

nonresponse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonresponse

MLA

“nonresponse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonresponse. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonresponse,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonresponse.

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