nonproof

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noun

A failure to prove something; the absence of a proof

“Here is another nonproof of the existence of God.”

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Meanings

nounnonproof (plural nonproofs)

plural nonproofs

  1. A failure to prove something; the absence of a proof

    Here is another nonproof of the existence of God.

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    In his 1965 paper about his nonproof of the Poincaré Conjecture[…] Dr. Stallings ended on a musing note:

    2009 January 19, Kenneth Chang, “John R. Stallings Jr., 73, California Mathematician, Is Dead”, in New York Times

Origin

From non- + proof.

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APA

nonproof. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonproof

MLA

“nonproof.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonproof. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonproof,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonproof.

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