nonmatch

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ match.

Noun

nonmatch (plural nonmatches)

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

     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.