non-option
nounEtymology From non- + option.
1
Something which is not an acceptable or possible outcome or choice.
- This is something of a non-option for SHU prisoners who have no valuable information to offer the authorities in exchange for their release.2013, “California prison hunger strike is call for justice”, in The Guardian:
- Unfortunately, because he is on death row, that option became a non-option.2015, “An inmate on death row killed my mother. I don’t want him to die”, in The Guardian:
1 more example
- When you accept one, leave sex as a non-option for now2015, “I’m frightened by sexual intimacy”, in The Guardian: