nonfactor

English

Alternative forms

  • non-factor

Etymology

From non- +‎ factor.

Noun

nonfactor (plural nonfactors)

  1. Something (or someone) that is not a factor, or does not play a significant role.
    • 2008 December 22, Steve Rivera, “Wildcats need bench to become a factor”, in Tucson Citizen‎[1]:
      Arizona's bench continued to be a nonfactor in many games this season.
    • 2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN:
      [Bill] Clinton’s presidential ascension began at the 1992 Iowa caucuses, where he was a nonfactor who received 2.81 percent of the vote.
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