nonmatch

noun

nonmatch

noun

Etymology From non- + match.

1

That which is not a match; a mismatch.

For example, if blood is found in the general vicinity of a crime scene, a nonmatch would not prove that a defendant was innocent the way a nonmatch of skin from under the fingernails of a stabbing victim might.2009 May 19, “The Right to DNA Testing”, in New York Times:

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