nonarrival

nonarrival

English

Etymology

non- +‎ arrival

Noun

nonarrival (countable and uncountable, plural nonarrivals)

1. 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...