non-option

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ option.

Noun

non-option (plural non-options)

1. Something which is not an acceptable or possible outcome or choice.
   • 2013, “California prison hunger strike is call for justice”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     This is something of a non-option for SHU prisoners who have no valuable information to offer the authorities in exchange for their release.

   • 2015, “An inmate on death row killed my mother. I don’t want him to die”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     Unfortunately, because he is on death row, that option became a non-option.

   • 2015, “I’m frightened by sexual intimacy”, in The Guardian‎^[3]:

     When you accept one, leave sex as a non-option for now