not being the subject or goal of a particular action, program, maneuver, or the like; not designated for use, observation, attack, etc.

What does non target mean?

: not being the intended object of action by a particular agent effect of insecticides on nontarget organisms.

What is a non story?

: something that is not a story a nonstory with no clear plot specifically : an event or occurrence that is not newsworthy enough to be a news story What had been an obscure Canadian nonstory, just another chapter in an endless saga of debate and dispute, suddenly had become world news. —