variants
or less commonly nonwhite
1
: not of a white race (see race entry 1 sense 1a)
non-white immigrants
non-white Alaskans
2
: not of the color white
… I was standing at the very top of the ladder and stretching to paint over the last non-white spot on the ceiling …—
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variants
or less commonly nonwhite
plural non-whites also nonwhites
: a person who is not of a white race (see race entry 1 sense 1a)
Examples of non-white in a Sentence
Noun
The program is even less popular among nonwhites.
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Stan Oklobdzija, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Research suggests that women, non-white groups, and elderly populations may be more likely to be victims of cybercrimes.
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Demonizing immigrants, especially undocumented ones and particularly non-white ones, for political gain has a long American history.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Lucy Liu has been quite outspoken in recent years, calling out the unjust treatment of women and the paucity of roles for non-white actors in Hollywood, and advocating for the rights of children through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), among other relevant topics.
—Brett Berk, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Land use politics are less fraught in places like San Bernardino or San Joaquin County, where there’s still undeveloped land to sprawl over and where poorer, mostly non-white communities lack the resources to oppose development like their wealthy coastal counterparts.
—Stan Oklobdzija, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Research suggests that women, non-white groups, and elderly populations may be more likely to be victims of cybercrimes.
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Demonizing immigrants, especially undocumented ones and particularly non-white ones, for political gain has a long American history.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Lucy Liu has been quite outspoken in recent years, calling out the unjust treatment of women and the paucity of roles for non-white actors in Hollywood, and advocating for the rights of children through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), among other relevant topics.
—Brett Berk, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Non-white.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/non-white. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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