ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Noncase

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Noncase is a noun meaning One who or that which is not a case (of a disease, a type of thing being explained, etc.).

Meaning

One who or that which is not a case (of a disease, a type of thing being explained, etc.).

Example Sentences

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.
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."

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Related dictionary entries include noninstance, nonisolate, nonreferent, nongroup, nontoken, nonexample.

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