Meaning of personas non grata | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

Examples

“Samoza has a long list of people who are personas non grata, and Figures suspects that I cannot get a visa to get into the country for this reason.”

“9. Powell and Pressburger produced a short film between Colonel Blimp and A Canterbury Tale: The Volunteer, a recruiting film for the Fleet Air Arm, for which they had total Admiralty cooperation, which suggests they were far from personas non grata with the authorities.”

“The Doors became personas non grata. They couldn't get a gig.”

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