forming nouns and adjectives, with the meanings:
not of the class or category specified
non-alcoholic
nonviolent
non-fiction
the reverse or absence of the thing specified
nonconformity
nonpayment
nonexistence
designed not to have a typical tendency
non-stick
non-iron
non-flammable
failure to be or refraining from being the thing specified
non-smoker
nonbeliever
non-combatant
hardly definable as the thing specified
non-event
[Middle English via French from Latin non not]