non-answeringn.
/nɒnˈɑːns(ə)rɪŋ/, /nɒnˈans(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /nɑnˈæns(ə)rɪŋ/ Failure to answer or respond.
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1850 in Jrnl. Negro Hist. (1925) 10 754 I pray you to pardon the non-answering of your very kind invitation.
1943 Economica 10 109 The non-answering of the question.
1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 19 Jan. 111/3 I deplore the non-answering of letters.
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non-answeringadj.
/nɒnˈɑːns(ə)rɪŋ/, /nɒnˈans(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /nɑnˈæns(ə)rɪŋ/ That gives no answer or response; that fails to answer.
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1861 N.Y. Times 10 Sept. 4/6 An attachment was ordered against the non-answering witness.
1949 Sociometry 12 159 The indices here reported would be higher if the answers of the non-answering group had been icluded.
1983 Amer. Econ. Rev. 73 419/1 The matched sample may well reflect schools that have a better record..than the nonanswering departments.
1991 Public Opinion Q. 55 210 Adoption of this strategy..would bias the contact rate of the non-answering machine households.
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