non-candidacyn.
/nɒnˈkandᵻdəsi/, U.S. /nɑnˈkæn(d)ədəsi/ The state or condition of not being a candidate.
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1875 Burlington (Iowa) Weekly Hawk-eye 12 Aug. 7/1 Is the candid, clear statement..touching the non-candidacy, to have no weight?
1896 N.Y. Times 28 Dec. 2/2 I will record my vote for him, unless prevented by his non-candidacy.
1968 Gainesville (Florida) Sun 16 Jan. All this randomly built superstructure of his non-candidacy could..come tumbling down.
1992 Time 27 July 33/3 If some activists felt betrayed by his noncandidacy, many Perot supporters still seemed intrigued.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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