Home › Words › N › nonsignaturenonsignaturenonsignature means absence of a signature; failure to sign.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, nonsignature ranks #23,631 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom non- + signature.nounAbsence of a signature; failure to sign.e.g.“Despite several decisions on nonsignature, the court cases on this subject deal only with unanimous awards.” — 1973, Barbara D. Dennis, Gerald George Somers, Labor Arbitration at the Quarter-Century Mark: Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth Annual Meeting, page 172:That which is not a signature.e.g.“But there are many cases where a signature is made that is actually a nonsignature. The bad-check files are full of signatures of “Ima Thief,” “U. R. Had,” and “George Q. Washington,” etc.” — 1979, George H. Warfel, Identification Technologies: Computer, Optical, and Chemical Aids to Personal ID, page 103:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).