Definitions
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- noun That which is not a
letter (alphabetic symbol). - noun That which is not a letter (written message to be delivered).
Etymologies
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Examples
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"That letter had so many holes in it that it was a nonletter," says Sheldon, who also complains that Davis stopped taking her phone calls and never came through on the offer to help with grant writing and creative financing.
Chicago Reader 2010
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"That letter had so many holes in it that it was a nonletter," says Sheldon, who also complains that Davis stopped taking her phone calls and never came through on the offer to help with grant writing and creative financing.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Sports Illustrated, which used a different, nonletter-grade scoring system, put Flacco in the lower third of the first-round picks: "The negatives attached to Flacco make this pick risky considering the composition of the Ravens 'locker room."
Blog updates 2009
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