non-character
noun[C]
(alsononcharacter)uk/ˌnɒnˈkær.ək.tər/us/ˌnɑːnˈker.ək.tɚ/apersonin afilm,play, orstorywho has nointerestingorunusualqualities:
Theactressdid herbestwith this non-character.
Apart from the twoheroes, everyoneelsein theplayisessentiallya noncharacter.
- He was notabletoprovidehis non-character with asingleinterestingattribute.
- Theauthoruses a non-character to giveinformationabout theplot.
Literature
- action hero
- alliterative
- alternative history
- anapest
- anti-literary
- femslash
- fictionality
- fictive
- free verse
- genre fiction
- passion play
- pentameter
- poem
- poesy
- poet laureate
- theatrics
- topos
- tragedy
- tragicomic
- trilogy
non-character
adjective[before noun]
(alsononcharacter)uk/ˌnɒnˈkær.ək.tər/us/ˌnɑːnˈker.ək.tɚ/not using or consisting ofcharacters(=letters,numbers, or othermarksused in writing andprinting):
a non-characterfileformat
the computer's non-characterdisplay
- Thedocumentcontainsbothcharacterdataand non-characterdata.
Describing handwriting & print
- asemic
- chicken scratch
- crabbed
- crossed
- handwritten
- illegibility
- illegible
- illegibly
- indecipherable
- joined up
- legibility
- legible
- legibly
- pencilled
- scratching
- spidery
- typewritten
- uncrossed
- writing
- written