Home › Words › N › noninstancenoninstancenoninstance · noun — that which is not an instance; an occurrence of something other than what is looked for.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, noninstance ranks #10,964 of 42,820 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom non- + instance.nounThat which is not an instance; an occurrence of something other than what is looked for.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.unoccurring 65% match — That does not occur. vs noninstance →uninstanced 63% match — Not instanced. vs noninstance →nonoccurrence 61% match — lack of occurrence vs noninstance →nonsequence 61% match — That which is not a sequence. vs noninstance →instancing 59% match — The creation of an instance of something. vs noninstance →nonrule 58% match — Something that is not a rule. vs noninstance →unexistence 58% match — Lack of existence. vs noninstance →coinstance 57% match — A fellow instance (of a theme, concept, etc), which may be a discrete (separate) one or a coinstantiation. vs noninstance →