nonsetter

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noun

One who is not a setter (in various senses).

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounnonsetter (plural nonsetters)

plural nonsetters

  1. One who is not a setter (in various senses).

    Beginning a few years ago, I asked my nonsetters to bump-set every ball from the backcourt.

    2009, Pete Waite, Aggressive Volleyball
    1 more example

    In this sample, twenty of the twenty-seven fire setters received a primary or secondary diagnosis of conduct disorder, compared with only eleven of twenty-seven nonsetters.

    2000, Rita Wicks-Nelson, Allen C. Israel, Behavior Disorders of Childhood, page 188

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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