Word: noncontact
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: non
con
tact
Definition: A potential respondent to a survey etc. who fails to make contact.
Morphemes:
Affix: non-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used in the sense of no or none to show lack of or failure to perform; or in the sense of not to negate the meaning of the word to which it is prefixed.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: nōn
Language: ML.
Decoded: non
Meaning: not
Affix: contact
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: contactus
Language: la
Decoded: contactus
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The act of touching; contact, touch.