nonfactor

nonfactor

English

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English non-
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English nonfactor

    From non- + factor.

    Noun

    nonfactor (plural nonfactors)

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