nontouchdown en · ADJ
Etymology
From non- + touchdown.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not being or not relating to a touchdown.
The crowd of more than 110,000 cheered raucously — perhaps the loudest nontouchdown applause of the afternoon.
2015 November 7, Marc Tracy, “Slippery Rock’s Tie to Michigan Is All in the Name”, in New York Times:Houston's Mike Renfro tries to hold the football as Steelers defender Ron Johnson looks over his shoulder on a controversial nontouchdown play in the 1979 AFC Championship game.
1984, Super Bowl Book, page 316: