nonarrival
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -aɪvəl
Noun
[edit]nonarrival (countable and uncountable, plural nonarrivals)
- Failure to arrive.
- 1958, Richard F. Newcomb, Abandon ship!: Death of the U.S.S. Indianapolis:
- The nonarrival of a ship being a common thing, it is not a matter of making a decision of what to do in each case, but of following an over-all rule...