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nonregistering en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + registering.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Failing to register.
    • their impassive, nonregistering faces whether she spoke of the clean, pure influence of the Shaker movement on American art 2011, Howard Fast, The Dinner Party:
    • No one is exactly sure how he did it, but it is believed that either he positioned his feet on a nonregistering part of the scale or his valet stuck his whip under his seat and lifted up. 2002, Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: The True Story of Three Men and a Racehorse, page 75: