"non-option" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: non-options [plural]
Etymology: From non- + option. Etymology templates: {{af|en|non-|option}} non- + option Head templates: {{en-noun}} non-option (plural non-options)
  1. Something which is not an acceptable or possible outcome or choice.
    Sense id: en-non-option-en-noun-UDNWG~ev Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with non-, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013, “California prison hunger strike is call for justice”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "This is something of a non-option for SHU prisoners who have no valuable information to offer the authorities in exchange for their release.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, “An inmate on death row killed my mother. I don’t want him to die”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Unfortunately, because he is on death row, that option became a non-option.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, “I’m frightened by sexual intimacy”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "When you accept one, leave sex as a non-option for now",
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        "Something which is not an acceptable or possible outcome or choice."
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    }
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  "word": "non-option"
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  ],
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