"noncase" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1989 April 23, AP, “Jurors Mark 2 Years on California Abuse Case”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "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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          "ref": "2013, Gillian Russell, Delia Graff Fara, Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Language, page 144:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "One who or that which is not a case (of a disease, a type of thing being explained, etc.)."
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  "word": "noncase"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1989 April 23, AP, “Jurors Mark 2 Years on California Abuse Case”, in The New York Times:",
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          "text": "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.",
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