"nonproof" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: nonproofs [plural]
Etymology: From non- + proof. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|non-<id:not>|proof|text=+|tree=1}} From non- + proof., {{ety|en|:af|non-<id:not>|proof|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- English proof English nonproof From non- + proof. Head templates: {{en-noun}} nonproof (plural nonproofs)
  1. A failure to prove something; the absence of a proof

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