noncase

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ case.

Noun

noncase (plural noncases)

1. One who or that which is not a case (of a disease, a type of thing being explained, etc.).
   • 1989 April 23, AP, “Jurors Mark 2 Years on California Abuse Case”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Mr. Buckey's attorney, Danny Davis, said, "The case has dragged on because it was a noncase whipped up by people who had differing ambitions that were not in the interest of this institution or the children."

   • 2013, Gillian Russell, Delia Graff Fara, Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Language, page 144:

     We turn next to the puzzle of borderlineness: If Harry is intermediate between clear cases and clear noncases of baldness, “Is Harry bald?” seems to have no good, direct, answer.

Anagrams

• ancones, cañones, sonance