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non- ► PREFIX ▪ expressing negation or absence: non-recognition.
USAGE The prefixes non- and un- both have the meaning ‘not’, but tend to be used with a difference of emphasis, non- being weaker and more neutral than un-. For example, unnatural implies that something is not natural in a bad way, whereas non-natural is neutral.
ORIGIN Latin, 'not' .

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