English edit

Etymology edit

non- +‎ match

Noun edit

nonmatch (plural nonmatches)

  1. That which is not a match; a mismatch.
    • 2009 May 19, “The Right to DNA Testing”, in New York Times[1]:
      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.