Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name applied in Samoa to Morinda citrifolia, a littoral tree the bark of the roots and stem of which yields a valuable coloring-matter which is the source of the al dye of India.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Chiefly British Not characteristic of the upper classes especially in language use.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not characteristic of the upper classes especially in language use
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Examples
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These foreign real Estate funds offer broad exposure to non-u.s. real estate.
The Optimist Keren Blankfeld 2011
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Some prefer the historic touch: ... or the dashing sheikh: ... but all black, I'm afraid, is strictly non-u:
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The better question to the foreign leader issue, is have you ever had a conversation with a non-u.s. citizen, excluding Canada and Mexico vacations.
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Literary appriciation is just another way of breaking people into U and non-u.
John Carey: The Intellectuals and the Masses Michael Allen 2005
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When Peter Jennings was recently named anchor at ABC, Roone Arledge, head of ABC news and sports, was asked if there was a downside to having a non-u.s. citizen as anchorman of one of the three most influential news broadcasts in the country.
CanadaU.S. RelationsSome Thoughts about Public Diplomacy 1983
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It was the era of the 'u' and 'non-u' distinctions notoriously codified by Nancy Mitford.
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-. ili.n of any non-u! cr or niii'-uler of any of their refp'. -ttive ijj; l; ts ir privileges, between the nineteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thnuland ftvcn hundred and Itvenly-fivc, and the publication of this confliuitiKn.
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