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nonuser en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + user.

Meanings

  1. A person who is not a user (of drugs, a computer system, etc.).
  2. Neglect or omission to use an easement or franchise or to assert a right.
    • An office may be forfeited by mis-user or non-user. 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
    • The subject of the forfeiture of corporate franchises by nonuser or misuser , was fully discussed in the case of The King v . Amery 1826, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law:

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non-user alternative lexicographic
nonusers Number=Plur lexicographic