nonparallel

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /nɑnˈpærəˌlɛl/ UK /nɒnˈpærəlɛl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
not parallel; lacking correspondence

The two lines were nonparallel and met at a sharp angle.

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Synonyms

1 adj · not parallel; lacking... divergent unrelated dissimilarasymmetric

Opposites

parallel corresponding analogous

Word family

Related forms parallel

Etymology

From non- ('not') + parallel, from Latin parallelus, from Ancient Greek parallēlos ('beside one another'), from para ('beside') + allēlōn ('of one another').

non Latin παράλληλος Ancient Greek

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# nonparallel

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /nɑnˈpærəˌlɛl/
**IPA (UK):** /nɒnˈpærəlɛl/

## Meanings
1. not parallel; lacking correspondence

## Examples
- The two lines were nonparallel and met at a sharp angle.

## Synonyms
- divergent
- unrelated
- dissimilar
- asymmetric

## Antonyms
- parallel
- corresponding
- analogous

## Related Forms
- parallel

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: non
- Root: παράλληλος

## Etymology
From non- ('not') + parallel, from Latin parallelus, from Ancient Greek parallēlos ('beside one another'), from para ('beside') + allēlōn ('of one another').

## AI Etymology
Nonparallel is from non- ('not') + parallel, from Latin parallelus, from Ancient Greek parallēlos ('beside one another'), from para ('beside') + allēlōn ('of one another'). Important recorded forms include non (Latin) and παράλληλος (Ancient Greek). Morphologically, the non- element marks negation or exclusion while the base supplies the domain being denied. The modern sense is largely compositional: the word names the absence, exclusion, or opposite of the base idea. In current use it covers not parallel; lacking correspondence. The wider family includes related words such as parallel.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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