We can provide this by comparing LMF plots for such systems like Ar 2 . Figure does this for an Ar-Ar distance of 7.5 bohr, where LH20t without CF exhibits substantial unphysical Pauli repulsion. As discussed above for a covalent bond, also in this case of absent bonding (without dispersion corrections) the t-LMF goes to zero at the BCP in the middle. That is, in this region of small densities between the two Ar atoms, the middle term is dominated entirely by the semi-local exchange-energy density, which is insufficiently negative. An unphysical positive integrand of the middle term of eq. 1 results in this area between the atoms. In contrast, the x-LMF features a narrow but large peak with full EXX at the BCP. This should suppress unphysical Pauli repulsion in this area, consistent with a dramatic reduction of the gauge problem without a CF. The behavior of the n-LMF is yet a different one, with a broader but not quite as high peak around the BCP. Indeed the peak has a relatively flat plateau. Note that a GH does not suffer from a gauge problem, and a constant region may thus also be favorable for its reduction, in addition to the relatively large EXX admixture (we note that such broad maxima also start to develop upon stretching a covalent bond, as shown for the N 2 molecule in Figure in Supporting Information). It appears that the main problem of the t-LMF (and of other LMFs such as typical s-LMFs) in this context, which can be mitigated by adding a CF, is the observed zero and small EXX admixture at and near the BCP. We emphasize that in view of our previous analyses for the x-LMF we do not expect that the n-LMF eliminates all gauge-related problems. However, it appears that the most detrimental aspects regarding NCIs can indeed be successfully suppressed without a CF. We will see the importance of this fact for NCI-related data further below when evaluating the GMTKN55 results. We should also note that these features of the n-LMF may have arisen in a somewhat coincidental way, as the training data do not cover NCIs to any notable extent. We finally mention that both the LH24x and LH24n-B95 Ar 2 curves, as well as the underlying HF+B95c reference curve (Figure ), are not completely "dispersionless" as one might expect them to be. This reflects the character of the B95c DC functional. However, the minima are exceedingly shallow in any case.