non-response
non-response — noun
1. a situation in which someone does not reply or react, even though a reply or rea
a situation in which someone does not reply or react, even though a reply or reaction was called for
The bank's non-response to Hassan's loan application frustrated him deeply.
non-response + to + [something]
After several emails with no reply, Paloma saw the non-response as a quiet rejection.
see/treat + non-response + as + [interpretation]
The survey had a non-response rate of over seventy percent, which worried the researchers.
Noor's non-response to the dinner invitation puzzled the host, who had saved her a seat.
In clinical trials, non-response to the standard treatment often leads doctors to try a different drug.
- silence
less formal and more literary; can imply deliberate withholding
- lack of response
more neutral and descriptive, used in similar contexts
- failure to reply
blunter and more judgmental about the person's obligation
文法句型
non-response + to + noun phrase
用法筆記
Frequently appears in formal or technical writing — surveys, medical research, official correspondence. This noun labels the phenomenon of a missing response, in contrast to the phrase 'no response', which simply describes the absence descriptively.