Smart Group not working when assigning Card "is not member of"

I'm trying to create a smart group in Address Book, that seems to be failing.
What I'd like is a Smart Group where Cards NOT assigned to a certain other group are included in the Smart Group. However, the Smart Group isn't so smart ... in fact, it's coming up with completely the wrong cards. Any idea how I can make this function work?

yes, there seems to be a bug with such smart groups. they often either don't work or make address book crash. there were a number of posts about it. I don't have a workaround for this, sorry. but I suggest you don't use such smart groups.

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