Answer
not a monomial
Work Step by Step
Monomials have the form:
$$ax^k$$
where $a$ is a constant, $x$ is a variable, and $k$ is a non-negative integer.
The expression $-2x^{-3}$ is not a monomial because the degree $k$ is negative.
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