/ nɒn; NAmE nɑːn/ prefix
(in nouns, adjectives and adverbs) not :
nonsense
non-fiction
non-alcoholic
non-profit-making
non-committally
HELP NOTE : Most compounds with non are written with a hyphen in BrE but are written as one word with no hyphen in NAmE .
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WORD ORIGIN
from Latin non not.