nontouchdown

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ touchdown.

Adjective

nontouchdown (not comparable)

1. (sports) Not being or not relating to a touchdown.
   • 1984, Super Bowl Book, page 316:

     Houston's Mike Renfro tries to hold the football as Steelers defender Ron Johnson looks over his shoulder on a controversial nontouchdown play in the 1979 AFC Championship game.

   • 2015 November 7, Marc Tracy, “Slippery Rock’s Tie to Michigan Is All in the Name”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The crowd of more than 110,000 cheered raucously — perhaps the loudest nontouchdown applause of the afternoon.