Nonletter
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 That which is not a letter (alphabetic symbol).
"Manhattanville College in Purchase, N. Y., has joined a small but growing [movement] back to the practice of awarding letter grades after a year's experiment with a nonletter system that was seen as a way of reducing the competitiveness and authoritarian quality of [letter] grading."
- 2 That which is not a letter (written message to be delivered).
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More examples"Manhattanville College in Purchase, N. Y., has joined a small but growing [movement] back to the practice of awarding letter grades after a year's experiment with a nonletter system that was seen as a way of reducing the competitiveness and authoritarian quality of [letter] grading."
Etymology
From non- + letter.