nonnegative
adjective, noun
nonnegative is an adjective meaning “Alternative spelling of non-negative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled N-O-N-N-E-G-A-T-I-V-E, and it appears about once in every 10 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does nonnegative mean?
adjective
- 1
Alternative spelling of non-negative.
noun
- 1
Any value that is not negative.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of nonnegative
- nonnegatives plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is nonnegative?
Nonnegative appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 92,628th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with nonnegative
Also written: non-negative (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).