non- Hear it!

non- Definition

non- (nän, nun)

  1. : used to give a negative or privative force, esp. to nouns, adjectives, and adverbs
    1. not
    2. the opposite of nonessential
    3. excluded (from a specified category) nonvoter, nonfiction
    4. refusal or failure noncooperation
  2. having the superficial aspect, but not the real value, of: used to give a pejorative force, esp. to nouns nonbook, nonevent
  3. having the value, but not the surface aspect or identity, of: used to indicate potential, but unacknowledged or unrecognized, qualities noncandidate, noncampaign

Etymology: < L non, not < OL noenum < ne-, negative particle (see no) + oinom, one