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nonfactor en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English non- Latin factorbor. Middle French facteurbor. Latin factorbor. Anglo-Norman factourbor. Middle English factour English factor English nonfactor From non- + factor.

Meanings

1. Something (or someone) that is not a factor, or does not play a significant role.
   • [Bill] Clinton’s presidential ascension began at the 1992 Iowa caucuses, where he was a nonfactor who received 2.81 percent of the vote. 2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN:
   • Arizona's bench continued to be a nonfactor in many games this season. 2008 December 22, Steve Rivera, “Wildcats need bench to become a factor”, in Tucson Citizen:

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