"nonapplication" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nonapplications [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English non- Latin applicātiōlbor. Old French aplicacionbor. Middle English applicacioun English application English nonapplication From non- + application. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|non-<id:not>|application|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English non- Latin applicātiōlbor. Old French aplicacionbor. Middle English applicacioun English application English nonapplication [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "applicātiō", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "aplicacion", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "applicacioun", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "terms" : [ { "id" : "lay", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "applicō", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "applier", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "aplien", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "apply", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ication", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "afeq", "is_invisible" : "all" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "application", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "nonapplication", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="nonapplication"> From non- + application., {{ety|en|:af|non-<id:not>|application|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-der. Latin plicō Latin applicō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin applicātiōlbor. Old French aplicacionbor. Middle English applicacioun English application English nonapplication From non- + application. Head templates: {{en-noun}} nonapplication (plural nonapplications)
  1. (law) The failure to apply an existing law, rule, regulation etc. Translations (failure to apply an existing rule): disapplicazione [feminine] (Italian)

Inflected forms

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