Except "non" is not an English word, it is a prefix of Latin origin. Which is why American style manuals will always ask you to merge it with the subsequent word, without a hyphen. British rules differ, and the "non-" construction is frequently found in the literature. In any case, an isolated "non" is definitely wrong, in any flavo [u]r of the English language.
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Does "non-" prefixed to a two word phrase permit another hyphen before the second word? If I want to refer to an entity which is defined as the negation of another entity by attaching "non-" it se...
Using "non-" to prefix a two-word phrase - English Language & Usage ...
The bound morpheme non is the negator for life-threatening here, so 'life-threatening' is more coherent. This does not come across with nonlife-threatening, which would seem to imply a threat to non-life. Leaving non stranded doesn't work either as it is a bound morpheme, a prefix not a word (in English). I'd use the two hyphens.