nonanswer

noun

non·​an·​swer ˌnän-ˈan(t)-sər 

: a response that fails to address the subject of a question : an uninformative or unsatisfactory answer

The answer to that question is not easy to come by. "Why did I leave? Because I felt it was time that I left," is Midori's nonanswer during our first interview.

—K. Robert Schwarz

Examples of nonanswer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Phillip Hawkins, a single 29-year-old video editor and day trader from Baldwin Hills, had a similar nonanswer. — Lz Granderson, ajc, 16 Apr. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nonanswer

• enhancer
• merganser
• romancer
• ansar
• anser
• answer
• cancer
• dancer
• lancer
• anticancer
• necromancer