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  • adjective Not failing.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ failing

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Examples

  • Poor rankings lead to increasingly stiff federal sanctions for schools, including mandatory setting aside of No Child Left Behind money for tutoring and permission for students to transfer to nonfailing schools.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Joy Resmovits 2012

  • Poor rankings lead to increasingly stiff federal sanctions for schools, including mandatory setting aside of No Child Left Behind money for tutoring and permission for students to transfer to nonfailing schools.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2012

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