non-American

adjective

non-Amer·i·can ˌnän-ə-ˈmer-ə-kən

-ˈmər-,

-ˈme-rə-

: not of or relating to America or the U.S. : not American

… his literary precursors … are mostly non-American.—

John Barth

non-American noun

… those things that non-Americans most immediately associate with America. —

Anthony Quinton

Examples of non-American in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web DeWine on Monday indicated the threats were being made by non-American actors. —

Kevin Breuninger,josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2024 For years, studies showed that these systems struggled to understand certain accents—especially non-American, non-European ones. —

Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024 Plenty of Black Americans also have non-American ethnic identities. —

Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2024 Americans working in such countries for non-American employers or those who are not self-employed might find themselves without any social security obligations. —

Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for non-American

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