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non-u

/non-yoo/US // nɒnˈyu //UK // (nɒnˈjuː) //

非乌

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain: certain words and phrases that are considered absolutely non-U.

Examples

  • There was a lot of positive feedback from people interested in non-gender binary people.

  • She ultimately ditched JSwipe after about a week and found her current, non-Jewish, boyfriend on OkCupid.

  • An atheist counsels his fellow non-believers on how not to talk to people of faith.

  • The distinction between over-policing and non-responsiveness was alive and well in Bed-Stuy.

  • Last summer, Louisiana also banned non-legal adoption, with offenders facing a penalty of $5,000 and up to five years in prison.

  • The expatriated ex-rebels became alarmed by the non-receipt of the indemnity instalment and the news from their homes.

  • U was an Usurer, a miserable elf; V was a Vintner, who drank all himself.

  • He also states that the Audiencia is virtually non-existent, and so there is no high court in which justice may be sought.

  • De moi, je ne say qu'en dire, d'autant que je ne veux affirmer ny le si ny le non en ce dont je n'ay vidence.

  • Certes le capitaine Merveilles et ses gens monstrerent leur pit non vulgaire.