nonhits

Noun

nonhit (plural nonhits)

1. A song, etc. that fails to become a hit.
   • There was a difference in the decibel level of the crowd roar when the band started up a hit —— “Hey Nineteen,” “Peg,” “Black Friday” ——— as opposed to a nonhit, like “Show Biz Kids” or “Babylon Sisters.”2008 June 16, Ben Ratliff, “Pop Veterans Still Pumping Anti-Charisma”, in New York Times
2. Failure to match any record in an information retrieval system.
   • Nonhits occur when there is no definite element, such as Library of Congress or ISBN number, in the brief record...1992, Beverly K. Duval, Linda Main, Automated library systems