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:

     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.